After 20 posts, in 2005 the ideal setup for a new installtion of a 50 user asterisk is:
Option1: IAX2 with softphone firefly Option2: SIP with softphone Option3: IAX2 with hardphones (which brand?) Option4: SIP with hardphones. Seems like we cannot come to a definite conclusion, poll ? so the verdict is ? On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:48:00 +0800, Shaun Dwyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Scott, > > Intresting to know, cheers :) > > Only down side though, is that most people using softphones will be > using Windows... > If only ALSA was available for windows ;) > > -Shaun > > Scott Williamson wrote: > > >That should be the program alsamixer, not amixer. Make sure to press F5 > >to get all of the playback/capture devices shown. > > > >On Mon, 2005-21-03 at 22:02 -0500, Scott Williamson wrote: > > > > > >>Ah, Console sound card echo. > >> > >>I found that with my cheep YMFPCI sound card that there is a channel > >>called "wave capture" that is enabled for recording by default. And this > >>is only visible when one uses ALSA sound drivers. One needs to use an > >>ALSA mixer control program (I use amixer, the text mode one) to disable, > >>or reduce the volume on these sound cards. Once this is done there is no > >>more echo at all! > >> > >>Why this channel does not appear under OSS, and why it appears to be > >>enabled by default in the hardware is beyond me. The GUI mixers all list > >>this channel simply as WAVE, and I have two WAVE channels. So remember > >>amixer. > >> > >>The card is called ICEnsemble ICE1230 by OSS, and Yamaha DS-XG (YMF734) > >>by ALSA > >> > >>On Tue, 2005-22-03 at 10:52 +0800, Shaun Dwyer wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Scott Bussinger wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>We just tried to go entirely with softphones in our office gave up after a > >>>>month or so of trying. I tried probably 10 different softphones running on > >>>>3.0Ghz WinXP machines and none of them were workable. I tried both SIP and > >>>>IAX2 softphones using headsets plugged into the audio ports, USB headsets, > >>>>and USB phone interface boxes (www.phoneconnector.com). > >>>> > >>>>While it wasn't hard to get them to work and the concept would have been > >>>>perfect in our environment, the quality was _terrible_! We had many issues > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>><snip> > >>> > >>>I found that for the most part, crappy sounds cards caused the bulk of > >>>problems with soft phones. > >>>I noticed that on, for example, intel D865PERLL motherboards with an > >>>onboard realtek AC97 sound > >>>device, There was heaps of echo for the remote end (using a softphone or > >>>a hardphone). > >>> > >>>I also found that a stock standard Creative PCI 128 sound card gave > >>>great results. > >>> > >>>Given PCI128s arn't available anymore, I'm sure you could find an > >>>alternative, like perhaps > >>>even going as far as a SB Live Value.. if you buy these in bulk, im sure > >>>you can get em cheap > >>>as chips. > >>> > >>>I've only ever used X-lite as a soft phone and found it to be really > >>>very good. > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>>-Shaun > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>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 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>Scott J. Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to > >>the capitalist mode of production. -- Herbert Marcuse > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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 > >> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Scott J. Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Humor in the Court: Q: The truth of the matter is that you were not an > >unbiased, objective witness, isn't it. You too were shot in the fracas? > >A: No, sir. I was shot midway between the fracas and the naval. > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
