Re: [SLUG] Asterisk Open Source PABX software

[Gonzalo Servat <gservat@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/24/05, Howard Lowndes <lannet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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