On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:40:08 +0100, "Damien Sandras" <dsand...@seconix.com> said: > Le mardi 03 février 2009 à 18:38 +0100, yannick a écrit : > > Le lundi 02 février 2009 à 23:55 -0800, john_re a écrit : > > > Is there a web page or faq that lists the characteristics of the > > > ekiga.net VOIP conference server? > > https://www.ekiga.net/index.php?page=services .> > > If not, will you please tell me:
> > > 1) Who owns it? > > > > Damien Sandras. Ever is some people do have account and administer the > > server, I guess it is mainly under Damien's responsibility. Damien? > > I don't really own it. It is kindly hosted by easyneuf : > http://easyneuf.fr > > > > 2) who manages it? > > > > Damien Sandras, Jan AKA TheBonsai > > Mainly Jan nowadays. > > > > 3) where is the hw? > > > > In France... My own country. > > Hosting: http://www.easyneuf.fr/ > > > > > 4) what general & special purpose hw does it use? > > > > Nothing fancy, just regular hw for a server. I'm not sure to truly > > understand your point here... Point: Is there any VOIP specific hardware? Maybe some telecom carrier grade voice IO capability stuff? Low latency throughput, etc? Maybe some Digium stuff?? > > > > > 5) what sw does it run? > > > > The nice part: > > Running on GNU/Linux > > Kamailio http://www.kamailio.org/ > > Asterisk http://www.asterisk.org/ > > + LAMP service > > -> dedicated user interface in PHP under GPL > > http://webxser.tuxfamily.org/ > > > > I'm currently working on a new user interface using Drupal > > http://drupal.org/ > > > > In short: > > The whole software stack is open source. > > Mostly I'm interested in the sw that does the voip conferencing, that mixes the audio stream. & also control for the conference room - is there, or can there be made available, easily, some control panel for a voip conference, that shows status info about the conference members, the rate & quality of their connections, etc - something to help manage a conference to any useful extent, & perhaps debug connections, - like volume levels, etc Like, we did some conferences using it, & sometimes some people seemed too loud, or maybe had background noise, (music, keyboard clicks), & it would be nice to have tools for the meeting manager to identify problems (ex- which line has the music playing, so we could turn down the volume on that channel, cause they went away from their computer & forgot to turn their mic off, etc) > > > 6) what is its network connectivity? > > > > I do not know how much exactly. Anyone? Can we get info from Jan AKA TheBonsai? Multiple peering? Data rate? Mere internet, or voice carrier connections? > > > > > 6b) what is the maximum conference participants it can handle > > > > I've no clue. I personally tested up to something like 10. > > Jan? > > > 6c) can it now, or will it in the future, handle video conferencing? > > > > Jan? Damien? > > In the future probably, we had tested in the past an asterisk app > supporting video but we did not deploy it. > > > > > > 7) What issues should one be aware of in attempting to create a global > > > conference? Ex: USA & India? > > > > It is numeric communication. Thus geographical mesures need to be > > reconsidered. It mostly depends on the underlying net infrastructure. > > > > I do not know Ekiga.net's own limits in this regard. > > Jan? anyone? > > > 7b) to ensure acceptable quality from multi continents, what can be > > > done? Including, network providers with good VOIP quality TOS? > > > > Are you considering professional use of the service? No, just for the BerkeleyTIP monthly meeting. http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/ > > > > > > Thanks :) > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Yannick Thanks :) > > > > > > > > http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal > > > http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal/web/irc-voip _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list