That's what I like about the IAX protocol, it's NAT friendly and perfect for what I"m using it for. The hardware is fairly cheap as well. I bought a Digium x100p card that I hooked up my incoming line to so callers coming in come into asterisk and then can ring extensions, check vmail, etc. Overall it's a very cool piece of software and that's after spending the past 10 years developing call center software and knowing what's involved in it. The asterisk group really has a brillant project.
Ed On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Jon maddog Hall wrote: > Ed, > > I called the USA from Brazil last week and talked for 1/2 hour. Used an > IAXy analog-phone to VoIP box from Digium.com and the Nufone.net service. > The IAX protocol (supported by Asterisk) can go through firewalls and NAT > translations. You just hook the box up to an Ethernet that has DHCP service > and an analog telephone, then plug in the power. About twenty seconds later > you have a connection to the service provider. > > The 1/2 hour call from Brazil to the USA cost me 73 cents. I even let some of > the Brazilians call their relatives in Canada. It was so cheap, why not? > > Pretty cool. > > md > -- > Jon "maddog" Hall > Executive Director Linux International(R) > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. > Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. > WWW: http://www.li.org > > Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association > > (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. > (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant > to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus > Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis > (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other > countries. > _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
