Hi Dan, Thanks for the all the info! Ok, question on this part:
3. Accounting it is bit more accurate (you have the session total duration inside the accounting packets), so radius will be no longer responsible of calculating the session durations from timestaps. To interoperate with CDRTool you still need the data in the radacct table formatted as per normal by Freeradius, right? By accouting packet are you referring to the radius accouting packets? If you say Yate puts session times in the accouting packets how does this all stick together? Does OpenSER still do the radius accouting part, or do I need to configure Yate to do it instead? thanks a lot! Andy. --------- Original Message -------- From: Dan-Cristian Bogos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A.smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: users@lists.openser.org Subject: Re: [OpenSER-Users] FreeRADIUS-CDRTool Prepaid Connector 1.1 Released Date: 13/02/08 12:15 > Hi Andy,The original config was built with Yate in mind due to openser incapacity (before release 1.3) of disconnecting the calls. Since 1.3.0 the dialog module should be able to timeout the calls, in theory you should no longer need extra software like Yate. > I would still recommend using Yate combined with OpenSER in the case you are doing some sort of "Carrier business", for the following reasons:1. It creates two different legs for your call (in and out) same as Cisco does, and hides one side from the other (eg. removes the via headers and any revealing ip information inside SDP - so your partners should not know where the traffic comes from). > 2. You have more protocols available in.3. Accounting it is bit more accurate (you have the session total duration inside the accounting packets), so radius will be no longer responsible of calculating the session durations from timestaps. > 4. Yate can work in rtp_forward mode, therefore no extra overhead given by rtp processing.So basically what the connector does (as specified in the documentation), for each call which is authorized by radius, the connector will ask permission from cdrtool. If permission is granted, it will return in a avp to openser the maximum duration allowed for the call (timeout value) plus credit available, for the case of special uas able to display that. > By receiving accounting stop packet, the connector will inform cdrtool about call disconnection therefore clearing the lock and debiting the balance inside cdrtool. The rtp stream has nothing to do with this scenario, so you don't need to touch your NAT support configuration, it's all in the signaling. > Let me know if you need further info.Cheers,DanBOn Feb 13, 2008 12:53 PM ________________________________________________ Message sent using UK Grid Webmail 2.7.9 _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.openser.org http://lists.openser.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
