Hi Gordon. Very many thanks for your comments. On 05/08/07, Gordon Henderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > In the O'Reilly Asterisk book it suggests that it is important to allow > > BIOS specification of the PCI slot IRQs -- the Tyan won't let us do that > > I don't think. Is this an issue with the Sangoma card? > > Probably not. Once the system is built, have a a look at /proc/interrupts > to see what's on what. Sometimes moving a card into a different PCI slot > helps. > > Turn off *ALL* unused hardware in the BIOS. Eg. Serial ports, printer, > on-board sound, 2nd Ethernet port (if possible), and so on.
OK, thanks for the advice. > The killer is transcoding - and my guess is that you're not doing any (or > at the very minimal just support for a very small number of home/remite > users) - you are basically a "classic" PBX type scenario - so make sure > all the phones are using ulaw (if you're in the US, alaw elsewhere) and > off you go. As we are in the UK, looks like we should use alaw. (Thanks also for the example.) ... > So basically any modern server type box will be fine, so go with what > you're familiar with. ... > But if you've got a lot of experience with 64-bit debian, then go for > it... ... This is great advice if it has worked for you. We're going to go for it (and yes, serial console support on a server is a must-have). We having been using 64 bit Debian for a couple of years now without any problems on about 24 servers. > I'd strongly suggest getting the Asterisk sources and compiling them than > using the supplied packages which are a bit out of date by now, and I'd > also suggest compiling up a custom kernel too and removing all the hotplug > nonsense - no modules in the kernel other than the zap, etc. ones. It can > make booting quicker and you only have loaded exactly what gets used, but > again, this is personal preferance - I've been doing it since the year > dot, so I keep on doing it. I'll give that a go. This is the approach we use for our gateway machines. Thanks again, Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange Director Campbell-Lange Workshop Ltd. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <www.campbell-lange.net> _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
