On 8/24/05, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, if you are going to run it over broadband then make sure that it is > symmetrical at all connect points.
I wouldn't say "make sure", I'd say it's probably better to have a symmetrical connection at all Asterisk points, however if you're using a low-bandwidth codec, you can get away with asymmetrical just fine (and traffic shaping if it's a busy network). I connect my Asterisk box on a asymmetrical connection to another Asterisk box with the same type of connection (512/128 - each box in different continents) and I don't experience major problems, granted I do VoIP packet prioritizing but it just proves the [a]symmetrical aspect is not an issue. That is, at least, in my experience. Also, the dialplan is not THAT hard to work out, just takes a little reading of how it works, reading how other people's dialplans work and experimenting. Great source of info is the popular: http://www.voip-info.org I started experimenting with Asterisk way before I got my hands on a ISDN card. Back then I started playing with dialplans, how to make menu's, wake-up call service (that I still use today!) and stuff like that. It's good fun. If you know Perl, writing AGI scripts provides endless posibilities. >From what I've heard, the new Asterisk to be released in the near future provides a complete rewrite of the dialplan system and it's supposed to be much better, together with many new features. HTH. Cheers, Gonz -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
