Scott, Many thanks for your reply:
Scott Stingel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two E1's running on a TE405P should be a better choice, as the TE405 is > capable of "bus mastering" which gives better performance. Besides, you > only use one PCI slot in this configuration. However, of course you lose > board redundancy. OK, this sounds like the way to go. > You can run 1 E1 port to another by using a crossover cable, as follows: > > 1 -- 4 > 2 -- 5 > 4 -- 1 > 5 -- 2 > > You can then use the outbound call generation capability of asterisk (see > the file called sample.call) to generate calls on 1 span, and receive them > on the other with the normal dialplan. I've done this many times for load > testing. You can do it on one machine no problem. That's interesting. I don't yet know much about the PRI protocols like Q.931 and GR303, but what you've said suggests that the protocol used by the originator to place a call via the trunk is the same as that used by the trunk to deliver a call to the destination. Is that correct? > There's a little more information about this on the Wiki: > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+dimensioning Thanks, I'll have another read. Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://tony.mountifield.org _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
