Does anybody know how to get this issue fixed? I really need a redundant setup, and Kannel seems the best solution out there.
Thanks. Toni Van Remortel System Engineer @ Precision Operations NV +32 3 451 92 26 - [email protected] Toni Van Remortel wrote: > > Hi Nikos, > > > > Thanks for your explanation. Sounds logic J > > So how do I connect the bearerboxes? Just by defining an smsbox for > every bearerbox I use on every Kannel installation? > > > > Documentation of Kannel is not very clear about how the system connect > and communicate L > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Toni Van Remortel > > System Engineer @ Precision Operations NV > > +32 3 451 92 20 - [email protected] > > > > *From:* Nikos Balkanas [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, May 11, 2009 5:50 PM > *To:* Toni Van Remortel; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Distributed setup: what's the best solution? > > > > Hi, > > > > To work in your distributed environment, you need to have a connection > between your China & Belgium setups at the bearerbox level. Bearerbox > is doing all SMSc routing, and doesn't understand sms-service. > > > > HTTP relaying is used for just what you do: To explicitly push SMSs > through the relay at the sms-service level. That is probaply not what > you need. Since SMSC_1 is down, you will never receive SMS from it, to > use the relay. And even if you did, that would mean that SMSC_1 is > active, therefore no need to relay. > > > > I am afraid you approach the whole thing in the wrong way. For a > redundant setup, you should have redundant links to both your SMScs > in each of your installations. Then with with SMSc directives > "accepted-smsc" and "preferred-smsc" you can redirect your traffic > from your queue, whenever one smsc becomes inactive. > > > > BR, > > Nikos > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Toni Van Remortel <mailto:[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Monday, May 11, 2009 4:45 PM > > *Subject:* Distributed setup: what's the best solution? > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm testing Kannel with this setup: > > - Bearerbox + smsbox + SMSC linked to a local modem = SMSC_1 > (location: Belgium) > > - Bearerbox + smsbox + SMSC linked to a local modem = SMSC_2 > (location: China) > > > > When I only use the preferred-prefix options for the SMSC's, it is > working very nice: SMS'es for China are sent through SMSC_2, > others through SMSC_1. > > > > But: > > - When the SMSC_2 is down, the messages are in an infinite queue > to be delivered, instead of being re-routed to SMSC_1 and sent. > > - When using explicit SMSC id's, the preferred-prefix setup > doesn't work anymore and all SMS'es are sent through SMSC_1. > > > > Is there a way to have Kannel to reroute SMS'es to SMSC_1 if > SMSC_2 is down? > > > > Thanks. > > -- > > Toni Van Remortel > > System Engineer @ Precision Operations NV > > +32 3 451 92 20 - [email protected] >
