Re: [asterisk-users] Realtime: Should I say or should I go (now) ?

2007-12-21 Thread Terry Wilson
I'm working on a 500 seats Asterisk project. I'm wondering whether or not I should consider using Asterisk Realtime and a database to manage phones registrations. As far as stability goes, I've had no problem with realtime. In fact I've run a nationwide VoIP provider with asterisk using

Re: [asterisk-users] Realtime: Should I say or should I go (now) ?

2007-12-21 Thread Brian Capouch
Terry Wilson wrote: And a free hint: if you are going to have to do anything that resembles number porting, swapping extensions, etc.--don't use extensions/phone numbers as SIP usernames. You have to regenerate config files, etc. Make your SIP usernames meaningless and use

Re: [asterisk-users] Realtime: Should I say or should I go (now) ?

2007-12-21 Thread Terry Wilson
On Dec 21, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Brian Capouch wrote: Terry Wilson wrote: config files, etc. Make your SIP usernames meaningless and use func_odbc to look up what extension is tied to which device. I wouldn't say to make the names meaningless, though; there are different ways to use those

Re: [asterisk-users] Realtime: Should I say or should I go (now) ?

2007-12-21 Thread JR Richardson
And a free hint: if you are going to have to do anything that resembles number porting, swapping extensions, etc.--don't use extensions/phone numbers as SIP usernames. You have to regenerate config files, etc. Make your SIP usernames meaningless and use func_odbc to look up what

[asterisk-users] Realtime: Should I say or should I go (now) ?

2007-12-20 Thread Olivier
Hi, I'm working on a 500 seats Asterisk project. I'm wondering whether or not I should consider using Asterisk Realtime and a database to manage phones registrations. Stories in Dev mailing list say Realtime is mis-used or should be improved. So, what's the bottom line ? Can I consider anything

Re: [asterisk-users] Realtime: Should I say or should I go (now) ?

2007-12-20 Thread Benjamin Jacob
I am using Realtime in virtually all my projects. So far, I haven't had any major issues. It saves a lot of headache for profile/dialplan updates, at least for me! So I say, GO! - Ben Olivier wrote: Hi, I'm working on a 500 seats Asterisk project. I'm wondering whether or not I should