2009/4/3 John Todd <jt...@digium.com>: > > On Apr 3, 2009, at 7:40 AM, Gavin Henry wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Has anyone put * in between an Avaya and Cisco system to connect two >> offices together? >> >> I was thinking about adding a SIP trunk on each side and getting >> Asterisk to pass calls between them. There is a leased line for >> bandwidth. >> >> Any tips/ideas on whether this is possible or dumb? >> >> Thanks. > > > Gavin - > The short answer is yes, this is possible, and is done quite > often. How exactly you configure it is of course the trick - there > are many possible different methods by which you might accomplish this > feat, depending on what your existing resources are and what your end > goal is. T1? PRI? H.323? You may consider IAX2 for trunking and save > a lot of bandwidth as compared to SIP, if bandwidth is a concern. If > you're using T1 or PRI, you'll need a hardware card to do this. > > I'd start with setting up a basic Asterisk server from source and > getting two SIP phones working on it. I'd not suggest using one of > the GUI-enabled versions - that may be more layers of stuff than > you're looking for given your stated goal. Figure it out, read the > O'Reilly Book (Asterisk: The Future of Telephony) and you'll probably > figure out fairly quickly how to use Asterisk as a black-box trunking > interface for your systems.
Thanks John. Yeah, we've done this for an Avaya system already using H.323 and we can just add a sip trunk to the CCM and do dialplans accordingly. Just need to get some specs on what each side is from the client. We could put a simple box on each side and use IAX2 trunking, sure. It's simple and I should have thought it through before posting ;-) Cheers John. Gavin. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users