On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:25:16PM -0500, Kenny Shumard wrote: > On 8/23/06, Thomas Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >What is the correct/appropriate way (if possible) to use IAX2 to send > >info between two asterisk servers that is not call-related? > > > >Let's say I change the configuration (eg using realtime) of a server, > >and I want to be able to propagate the change to another server. Is > >there any provision in IAX2 to be able to send some kind of message > >across? > > The IAX protocol describes a text frame that can be used to carry > arbitrary text that is not related to call control. You can use an AGI > script and the send_text and receive_text commands to move text frames > back and forth. Of course, these basic tools don't create the call the > text frames will pass on. Nor do they process the data when it gets to > the other side. But the pieces are there to move data via IAX between > two asterisk servers, without using the recent patch posted on Mantis. > > It's worth pointing out that at that point you're not really getting > much value out of the data transmission carrier being IAX; you might > as well use rsync or scp or some other tool.
There is one advantage for me - you only need to consider the one IAX2 port when it comes to firewalls, so firewalling remains 'standard'. Thanks for your comments. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-dev mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev
