It can do some things like a SBC, but it isn't an SBC at heart. What functionality are you looking for specifically?
-Brett On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Kemp, Larry <[email protected]>wrote: > Can OpenSIPS be used as a Session Border controller sitting at my edge > passing and receiving SIP traffic to others I SIP peer with? If not, what > other open-source would anyone suggest to act as SBC's? I too would rather > do it via open-source and x86 or 64bit chip, less costly. Thanks. > > Lars > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Uwe Kastens > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:50 PM > To: OpenSIPS users mailling list > Subject: Re: [OpenSIPS-Users] Newbie To OpenSIPS > > Hi, > > Good question and not easy to answer. ACME is expensive AND you will > need somebody to configure it in a way you will need it. So as an > redundant option your talking about 100-150K. > > To buy a big name won't prevent you from implementing, bugsearching. > > > My personal opinion: Take less money, look for good consultants and try > it with opensource. > > > BR > > Uwe > > > Kemp, Larry schrieb: > > Certainly. If I just wanted to pass my SIP to other carriers or have them > connect to my SIP customers could I use OpenSIPS for that alone, or would I > still need some other sort of session border controller? > > > > Larry Kemp > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Uwe Kastens > > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:31 PM > > To: OpenSIPS users mailling list > > Subject: Re: [OpenSIPS-Users] Newbie To OpenSIPS > > > > Hi, > > > > Yes, this could be an option. But a very expensive one :-) > > > > BR > > > > Uwe > > > > > > Kemp, Larry schrieb: > >> So I would use OpenSIPS behind say like an Acme Packet > http://www.acmepacket.com/ Session Border Controller or a MetaSwitch > http://www.metaswitch.com/ connecting to the PSTN, then use OpenSIPS to > talk to those Gateways via SIP and route my customer's VOIP traffic from > their Asterisk PBX's to those devices that speak SIP, right? > >> > >> Lars > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Uwe Kastens > >> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:19 PM > >> To: OpenSIPS users mailling list > >> Subject: Re: [OpenSIPS-Users] Newbie To OpenSIPS > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Opensips is a SIP router not a media gateway. So far you will need > >> something that will take care of comvert TDM/PSTN to sip. > >> > >> There should be lot of examples for this kind of setup. > >> > >> BR > >> > >> Uwe > >> > >> > >> > >> Kemp, Larry schrieb: > >>> Thank you for the response UK. We are looking at using OpenSIPS on > Linux > >>> to act as a SIP Router to handoff SIP calls to other carriers that are > >>> also using SIP, and explore the use of the agent registration server > >>> functionality. I have already previously installed and debugged > Asterisk > >>> on CentOS to act as a branded appliance issuing DHCP and DNS to VOIP > >>> phones. My understanding is that you can route your Asterisk systems to > >>> OpenSIPS as a SIP-Proxy-where they can then get router to other SIP or > >>> SS7 carriers, or your own Class 4 or 5 environment. Maybe I am > >>> misunderstanding as far as what OpenSIPS can actually do? Thanks. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Uwe Kastens > >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:32 AM > >>> To: OpenSIPS users mailling list > >>> Subject: Re: [OpenSIPS-Users] Newbie To OpenSIPS > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi Lars, > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Any guidance would be appreciated from the community that has done > >>>> this already. I installed current revision. > >>> > >>> > >>> Could be helpfull to know what you want to do with opensips :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> BR > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Uwe > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> kiste lat: 54.322684, lon: 10.13586 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> > >>> Users mailing list > >>> > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Users mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > >> > > > > > > > -- > > kiste lat: 54.322684, lon: 10.13586 > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users >
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