hehe
On 5/29/06, Dave Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We could run it in jeopardy format.
Everybody bring in a recipe card with a set of symptoms on one side and the
cause on the other side.
IE I'll take 'inexplicable audio problems for $800 Alex"
Answer: forward ports 10000 - 20000 on your firewall to the internal
Asterisk address
Question: Why is it that when I make a call, the phone rings but there's
no audio?
I agree with Shidan, better to have many people contribute an idea or two
than to have one of us go on and on and on.
Dave
On 5/29/06, Shidan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark I agree with you on this, it sounds like a very good topic, a day to
learn
> from our mistakes. Who here has made some serious mistakes who would
> like to talk?
>
> I think coming with a set of Asterisk Anti-Recipes is probably even more
useful
> at this point with so much info out there than talking about more how
to's.
>
> On 5/29/06, Mark Palser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think you hit the nail on the head there, a lot of the problems are
pure
> > ignorance, but can we really be blamed, as there is little to no
> > documentation and what tidbits you can find make huge assumptions of
their
> > own. I think as a group we have such a wealth of experience, form the
> > smallest annoyance to major obstacles overcome and some real characters
in
> > our midst, it would make for an interesting meeting, Mark.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Kohlsmith" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 4:30 PM
> > Subject: [>>> SPAM <<<] - Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk Horror Stories -
Email
> > found in subject
> >
> >
> > On Monday 29 May 2006 16:10, Mark Palser wrote:
> > > Not wanting to put Asterisk in a bad light, but this technology is
still
> > > so
> > > new and raw, I think we all have some stories where things didn't
quite go
> > > as planned. I really think it would benefit us all if one meeting
could be
> > > put aside to share some of these "experiences", we could then discuss
what
> > > went wrong and possible solutions, Mark.
> >
> > I am willing to bet that almost all of them will be rooted in poor
> > assumptions
> > or basic lack of knowledge about this new technology, including:
> >
> > 1) business lines from a VOIP provider that didn't work
> > a) because we assumed that the internet was able to provide QoS
> > b) because we assumed that the provider'd never go tits-up
> >
> > 2) runaway costs
> > a) because we didn't understand the nature of computer telephony
> > b) because we learned the hard way about echo cancellation
> > c) because legacy vendors have DECADES of experience in customer lock-in
> >
> > 3) lack of features
> > a) because we assumed Asterisk had feature 'x'
> > b) because feature 'x' seems simple in theory
> >
> > I have personally been bitten by #2 and #3. Anyone else? :-)
> >
> > -A.
> >
> >
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