Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Business Edition

2008-02-04 Thread Mitul Limbani
Hello,

ABE is an answer to all the proprietory solution provider who want to 
include asterisk in their production environment.

I personally do not see any specific advantage of it over GPL one, 
apart from all the glossy printed manual :) (voip-info.org holds more 
info then it)

Thanks  Regards,
Mitul Limbani,
Founder  CEO,
Enterux Solutions,
The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
www.enterux.com

Quoting Dome Charoenyost [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Look like GPL version still better than ABE :)

 Dome C.

 On 2/4/08, Ron McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 You have to pay for extra channels, in incremnet sof 20. Max is 240
 supported that is what Digium calls Stable. I know several people running
 ABE with 400+ concurrent calls!



  On Feb 3, 2008 9:08 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
 
 
  On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 11:00 +0700, Dome Charoenyost wrote:
   Hi All,
  
   I found Asterisk Business Edition supports up to 40 simultaneous
   calls with upgrades to 240 calls available. in digium web site.
   What's mean ? Asterisk Business Edition not include source code ?
  
   Best Regards.
  
   Dome C.
 
  I do not believe that it contains source (other than headers to compile
  modules for example), it is not GPL licensed, it is a commercial
  license.
 
  40 concurrent calls is aparently the standard stable way asterisk
  business edition runs.  And if you pay more then you can have more
  channels at the same time.
 
 
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  Belfast +44 28 9099 6461US +1 516 687 5200
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[asterisk-biz] DID needed for New Zealand

2008-02-04 Thread Shamsul Arefin
Hi we are looking for DID in NewZealand's various cities including Toll 
free . Please contact us off the list if anyone can offer.

-Safeer

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Business Edition

2008-02-04 Thread Safeer
Mitul Limbani wrote:
 Hello,

 ABE is an answer to all the proprietory solution provider who want to 
 include asterisk in their production environment.

 I personally do not see any specific advantage of it over GPL one, 
 apart from all the glossy printed manual :) (voip-info.org holds more 
 info then it)

 Thanks  Regards,
 Mitul Limbani,
 Founder  CEO,
 Enterux Solutions,
 The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
 www.enterux.com

 Quoting Dome Charoenyost [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

   
 Look like GPL version still better than ABE :)

 Dome C.

 On 2/4/08, Ron McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 You have to pay for extra channels, in incremnet sof 20. Max is 240
 supported that is what Digium calls Stable. I know several people running
 ABE with 400+ concurrent calls!



  On Feb 3, 2008 9:08 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
   
 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 11:00 +0700, Dome Charoenyost wrote:
 
 Hi All,

 I found Asterisk Business Edition supports up to 40 simultaneous
 calls with upgrades to 240 calls available. in digium web site.
   
    What's mean ? Asterisk Business Edition not include source code ?
   
 Best Regards.

 Dome C.
   
 I do not believe that it contains source (other than headers to compile
 modules for example), it is not GPL licensed, it is a commercial
 license.

 40 concurrent calls is aparently the standard stable way asterisk
 business edition runs.  And if you pay more then you can have more
 channels at the same time.


 --
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 Belfast +44 28 9099 6461US +1 516 687 5200
 http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you!
 


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We are running few asterisk GPLs and quite happy take the load more then 
240 cuncurrent calls.

-Kevin


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Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Business Edition

2008-02-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 04:35 -0500, Mitul Limbani wrote:
 Hello,
 
 ABE is an answer to all the proprietory solution provider who want to 
 include asterisk in their production environment.
 
not the only one though, as the GPL only matters for distribution, not
use.  


 I personally do not see any specific advantage of it over GPL one, 
 apart from all the glossy printed manual :) (voip-info.org holds more 
 info then it)

The biggest advantage is that you can use digium code and derive other
works that are not gpl.  The key issue isnt a concern since the courts
ruled that lock out codes arent copyrightable (and thus not protected,
not available for gpl license terms, etc).  This was in the lexmark case
most recently but that was based on supreme court rulings from days gone
by.  

So if you have a clean build environment (meaning you dont use digium
code) you can build modules and distribute them with a closed license,
just not distributed with gpl stuff, since again the gpl covers
distribution not use.

-- 
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Belfast +44 28 9099 6461US +1 516 687 5200
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Looking for DIDs for AU, NZ UK

2008-02-04 Thread Kavin
Matt Riddell wrote:
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 Charles Alvis wrote:
   
 Looking for DiDs for Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom.

 Toll free DiDs would be a plus.
 

 Be careful.

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 customer residing outside of the area in which the DID is operated.

 For example:

 OK:

 Sell an Auckland DID to a customer in Auckland

 Not OK:

 Sell an Auckland DID to a customer in Dunedin
 Sell an Auckland DID to a customer outside of New Zealand

 All that aside, if you're looking for New Zealand DIDs for New Zealand
 customers (or customers who have an office registered in New Zealand and
 terminating equipment housed here), then give us a yell.

 - --
 Kind Regards,

 Matt Riddell
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Hi Matt thanks for the that update

we are looking for customers well inside NZ . we need these DIDs with 
more then 5 channels per city atleast. we are also looking for 014 
number as well . please contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Best Regards
-Kevin


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[asterisk-biz] Open source Asterisk billing solution

2008-02-04 Thread Tom Moore
Hi guys,
I've been asked to setup an Asterisk server with accounting functions for a
client and his customers.
To keep it short and sweet he wants to provide dids to his customers and
charge a monthly service fee for the customer having the line and when the
time comes offer packages of minutes and have charges be added to the
account when the package minutes run out.
What open source solutions do you guys suggest I look at. A requirement I
have is that there is an active community of users out there I can
communicate with and that the product is under active development.
It wouldn't be right for me to start using a project and then have it die
out on me soon after I implement a solution for a large company.
One I've looked at is A2billing. This program seems to have a lot of the
functions I want, but still seems to be based around the concept of calling
cards. This will work for some situations I'm in, but doesn't quite seem to
be what I need for operating a standard phone company system over voip.

Thanks,
Tom

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread Bob Pierce
We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram and a
Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called the A104DE
on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently handling 82 users
quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a few
occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48
concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11 and peaks
to about 0.4

-- 
Bob Pierce 
Network Analyst 
Westman Communications Group 

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:
 Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have the
 luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put aside QOS
 (for now).
  
 Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch 
 PC) proven to operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48 concurrent
 calls. 
  
 --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend, based on
 actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent calls?
 (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date) 
  
 --  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone recommend,
 based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and 48
 concurrent calls?
  
 Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!
  
  
 On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services the party
 gets smaller and more expensive.  At the point you are
 building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per port
 VLAN's etc you may as well build with service provider class
 switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will help us
 all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and Asterisk being
 not ready for prime deployment due to maturity issues when in
 reality, it works fine on a well designed and constructed
 network.  Most of the time the Telephony system get's blamed
 for what is actually a poorly designed network.  Low cost
 and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just bite the
 bullet and use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a couple
 systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things are lookin
 good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality that was
 properly designed in to the final solution.
  
 Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run seperate
 networks.  I mean, why complicate things by converging voice
 and data.  With L2 switching equipment so cheap.  But you'll
 have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's a trade off.  We
 have done it both ways.
  
 Bob
 Arreva Communications
 
  
 On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN switch
 vendors with products supported by * for business
 grade voice service?  Thanks 
 
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[asterisk-biz] Grandstream v. Polycom

2008-02-04 Thread John Williams
Dear List,

Seeking opinions on Grandstream v. Polycom SIP phones run on *.   Any
thoughts/comments/opinions appreciated.

Thanks!
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread bob murphy
We have recommended and deployed Cisco 3750's a couple times and Foundry
switching.  HP procurves as well.

On 2/4/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Bob,
 What are you using for a LAN switch?
 Thanks!


 On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram and a
  Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called the A104DE
  on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently handling 82 users
  quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a few
  occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48
  concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11 and peaks
  to about 0.4
 
  --
  Bob Pierce
  Network Analyst
  Westman Communications Group
 
  On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:
   Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have the
   luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put aside QOS
   (for now).
  
   Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch 
   PC) proven to operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48 concurrent
   calls.
  
   --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend, based on
   actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent calls?
   (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)
  
   --  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone recommend,
   based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and 48
   concurrent calls?
  
   Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!
  
  
   On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services the party
   gets smaller and more expensive.  At the point you are
   building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per port
   VLAN's etc you may as well build with service provider class
   switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will help us
   all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and Asterisk being
   not ready for prime deployment due to maturity issues when in
   reality, it works fine on a well designed and constructed
   network.  Most of the time the Telephony system get's blamed
   for what is actually a poorly designed network.  Low cost
   and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just bite the
   bullet and use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a couple
   systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things are lookin
   good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality that was
   properly designed in to the final solution.
  
   Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run seperate
   networks.  I mean, why complicate things by converging voice
   and data.  With L2 switching equipment so cheap.  But you'll
   have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's a trade off.  We
   have done it both ways.
  
   Bob
   Arreva Communications
  
  
   On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN switch
   vendors with products supported by * for business
   grade voice service?  Thanks
  
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread Ron Joffe
On Monday 04 February 2008 09:04, John Williams wrote:
 --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend, based on actual
 experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent calls?  (The Dell
 recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)

Our current spec for an IVR based platform is:

Dell 2950 
  Dual Quad Procs (2.33Ghz)
  8GB Ram 
  Dual 146GB 15K SAS Drives

This easily handles 96 calls (Quad PRI) utilizing dual TE200B's.

We have 10 of these identical systems in production. I would be happy to help 
you with pricing as we are a dell reseller.

Ron



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Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread John Williams
Bob,
What are you using for a LAN switch?
Thanks!


On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram and a
 Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called the A104DE
 on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently handling 82 users
 quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a few
 occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48
 concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11 and peaks
 to about 0.4

 --
 Bob Pierce
 Network Analyst
 Westman Communications Group

 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:
  Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have the
  luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put aside QOS
  (for now).
 
  Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch 
  PC) proven to operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48 concurrent
  calls.
 
  --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend, based on
  actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent calls?
  (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)
 
  --  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone recommend,
  based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and 48
  concurrent calls?
 
  Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!
 
 
  On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services the party
  gets smaller and more expensive.  At the point you are
  building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per port
  VLAN's etc you may as well build with service provider class
  switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will help us
  all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and Asterisk being
  not ready for prime deployment due to maturity issues when in
  reality, it works fine on a well designed and constructed
  network.  Most of the time the Telephony system get's blamed
  for what is actually a poorly designed network.  Low cost
  and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just bite the
  bullet and use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a couple
  systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things are lookin
  good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality that was
  properly designed in to the final solution.
 
  Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run seperate
  networks.  I mean, why complicate things by converging voice
  and data.  With L2 switching equipment so cheap.  But you'll
  have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's a trade off.  We
  have done it both ways.
 
  Bob
  Arreva Communications
 
 
  On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN switch
  vendors with products supported by * for business
  grade voice service?  Thanks
 
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[asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread John Williams
Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have the luxury of
running a separate network for voice, and can put aside QOS (for now).

Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch  PC) proven to
operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48 concurrent calls.

--  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend, based on actual
experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent calls?  (The Dell
recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)

--  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone recommend, based
on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and 48 concurrent calls?

Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!


On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services the party gets smaller
 and more expensive.  At the point you are building a network that requires
 QOS, Priority, Per port VLAN's etc you may as well build with service
 provider class switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will help us
 all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and Asterisk being not ready for
 prime deployment due to maturity issues when in reality, it works fine on
 a well designed and constructed network.  Most of the time the Telephony
 system get's blamed for what is actually a poorly designed network.  Low
 cost and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just bite the bullet and
 use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a couple systems with over 400 IP
 voice endpoints and things are lookin good because of the proper L3 and QOS
 functionality that was properly designed in to the final solution.

 Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run seperate networks.  I mean,
 why complicate things by converging voice and data.  With L2 switching
 equipment so cheap.  But you'll have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's
 a trade off.  We have done it both ways.

 Bob
 Arreva Communications


  On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN switch vendors with products
  supported by * for business grade voice service?  Thanks
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Vritual Asterisk

2008-02-04 Thread Mike Hammett
Is ztdummy available for use inside the VEs?

I tried it once and it was too much of a pain.  The kernel wasn't using the 
standard Hz (I don't remember what it was in reference to).


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- Original Message - 
From: Shamsul Arefin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk 
Discussion asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Vritual Asterisk


 Jose wrote:
 Hi ,
 Any one has tried multiple Asterisk on Xen ?
 -Jose

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[asterisk-biz] Polycom v. Snom

2008-02-04 Thread John Williams
I love the security support of Snom,  but wonder why they don't have an
attendant console, which we currently use.

How much more expensive is Snom than Polycom?




On Feb 4, 2008 11:45 AM, Moshe Maeir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 We have Grandstream, Snom, Linksys and Polycom.
 Like Rob says GS and Polycom are not in the same league. We also had NAT
 issues with the Polycom, which we have not with the
 Snom. All in all the Snoms are good solid phones and easy to use.

 Moshe

 Rob Peck wrote:

 John,

 As someone who has both deployed in an office setting (GXP-2000s and
 Polycom IP-330s, as well as a few PAPs and some other random crap), I
 can give you a little info. Both work with Asterisk, but I would
 recommend the Polycom. It's only about $30/each more for a better phone.

 The GXP has some neat features, but the quality of construction and
 sound quality on the Polycoms is just so far ahead of the Grandstreams
 that it's not even in the same ballpark. The Polycoms are also far
 easier to provision (it's just simple XML).

 The only problems I've had with the Polcom are NAT issues, but it's not
 something I've even put more than 5 minutes of research into since
 everything here is on our local LAN.

 -Rob Peckdealnews.com



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 Dear List,

 Seeking opinions on Grandstream v. Polycom SIP phones run on *.   Any
 thoughts/comments/opinions appreciated.

 Thanks!
 

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Vritual Asterisk

2008-02-04 Thread Shamsul Arefin
Jose wrote:
 Hi ,
 Any one has tried multiple Asterisk on Xen ?
 -Jose

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Hi we have done some testing , so far it is quite promising. we use 
centos 5.1 and xen with para virtualization. installed upto 5 asterisk. 
and runs 10 concurrent calls on all of them.

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Business Edition

2008-02-04 Thread Dome Charoenyost
Incase i want to make new product like a xxx sip server
If i order ABE (I don't know include source code or not) i modify code
remove all 'asterisk'
to 'xxx'  Is posible to do ?

Dome C.


On 2/4/08, Trixter aka Bret McDanel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 04:35 -0500, Mitul Limbani wrote:
  Hello,
 
  ABE is an answer to all the proprietory solution provider who want to
  include asterisk in their production environment.
 
 not the only one though, as the GPL only matters for distribution, not
 use.


  I personally do not see any specific advantage of it over GPL one,
  apart from all the glossy printed manual :) (voip-info.org holds more
  info then it)

 The biggest advantage is that you can use digium code and derive other
 works that are not gpl.  The key issue isnt a concern since the courts
 ruled that lock out codes arent copyrightable (and thus not protected,
 not available for gpl license terms, etc).  This was in the lexmark case
 most recently but that was based on supreme court rulings from days gone
 by.

 So if you have a clean build environment (meaning you dont use digium
 code) you can build modules and distribute them with a closed license,
 just not distributed with gpl stuff, since again the gpl covers
 distribution not use.

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Grandstream v. Polycom

2008-02-04 Thread Michael S. White
Comment- 
 
The GXP-2000 Makes a better doorstop than a phone... The shape is perfect
for this and it actually works when you use it as one. 
 
Michael White
Biased Polycom Vendor
http://www.8774e4voip.com
 
P.S. Here is a nice link that outlines by date Grandstream's inadequacies
-- http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/GXP-2000
 
 

  _  

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Williams
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:05 AM
To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
Subject: [asterisk-biz] Grandstream v. Polycom


Dear List,
 
Seeking opinions on Grandstream v. Polycom SIP phones run on *.   Any
thoughts/comments/opinions appreciated.
 
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Business Edition

2008-02-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 18:35 +0700, Dome Charoenyost wrote:
 Incase i want to make new product like a xxx sip server
 If i order ABE (I don't know include source code or not) i modify code
 remove all 'asterisk'
 to 'xxx'  Is posible to do ?
 
 Dome C.


not with abe

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Vritual Asterisk

2008-02-04 Thread Codatel Lists
Hey shams...
I have been trying to get a hold of you
We need to talk...
Wanna to contact me offlist???

zafer

-Original Message-
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Sent: Monday, 4 February 2008 11:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Vritual Asterisk

Jose wrote:
 Hi ,
 Any one has tried multiple Asterisk on Xen ?
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Hi we have done some testing , so far it is quite promising. we use 
centos 5.1 and xen with para virtualization. installed upto 5 asterisk. 
and runs 10 concurrent calls on all of them.

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Re: [asterisk-biz] forwarding

2008-02-04 Thread Steve Totaro
On Feb 4, 2008 7:01 AM, Andor Czafik (Akakiko) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi,

 I am new in this list, and my english is not so good, so sorry for my
 english.
 We want to change our external callcenter to new, internal callcenter,
 but first time, we need to work with external parallel.
 We will connect to our telephone provider with sip trunk, and the X
 percentageof incoming calls will be forwarded to external callcenter,
 and 100-X percentage will go to our queue of agents.
 My question is, how can i make this forwarding rule, the percentage is
 allways changing.
 My idea, please tell me, while is a stupid idea:
 Ill  make 11 normal sip extensions, 1 queue,  and ill make 10 sip
 trunks, and with 10 sip trunks i will connect to 10 sip extensions.
  From this 10 trunks, X percentage is ringing on 1 sip extension, and
 this extension goes to external callcenter. And the remains trunks goes
 to our queue of agents.
 Its working now, but only with two asterisk server, because i can not
 connect to localhost with sip trunks. And this is my second question,
 how can i connect to localhost sip extension (loopback connections with sip)
 I use asterisk with destar.
 Thanks for helping
 Andor

You lost me with localhost.

I have done something similar to what you are describing with fastagi
that connected to a database and returned a queue (extension really)
based an a large number of variables.

You could use that same principle for your application.  Setup a local
queue on one extension and a dial on another extension.

call comes in ---  hits AGI  --  AGI hits database which based on
your metrics and chan variables returns an exten -  resume dialplan
at X extension.

This way you keep most your logic outside of Asterisk itself which
allows greater flexibility now and in the future.

Maybe later you want to weight percentage based on a rolling
conversion figure, time of day, language, DID, ANI, or whatever
business logic makes more sense.  It becomes much easier to test
different strategies.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread Bob Pierce
We are using Dell PowerConnect 3448P for voicedata switches with qos
and separate vlans for data and voice.

Bob

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:55 -0500, John Williams wrote:
 Bob,
 What are you using for a LAN switch?
 Thanks!
 
  
 On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram
 and a
 Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called
 the A104DE
 on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently
 handling 82 users
 quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a
 few
 occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48
 concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11
 and peaks
 to about 0.4
 
 --
 Bob Pierce
 Network Analyst
 Westman Communications Group
 
 
 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:
  Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have
 the
  luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put
 aside QOS
  (for now).
 
  Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch
 
  PC) proven to operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48
 concurrent
  calls.
 
  --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend,
 based on
  actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent
 calls?
  (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)
 
  --  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone
 recommend,
  based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and
 48
  concurrent calls?
 
  Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!
 
 
  On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
  Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services
 the party
  gets smaller and more expensive.  At the point you
 are
  building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per
 port
  VLAN's etc you may as well build with service
 provider class
  switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will
 help us
  all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and
 Asterisk being
  not ready for prime deployment due to maturity
 issues when in
  reality, it works fine on a well designed and
 constructed
  network.  Most of the time the Telephony system
 get's blamed
  for what is actually a poorly designed network.
  Low cost
  and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just
 bite the
  bullet and use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a
 couple
  systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things
 are lookin
  good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality
 that was
  properly designed in to the final solution.
 
  Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run
 seperate
  networks.  I mean, why complicate things by
 converging voice
  and data.  With L2 switching equipment so cheap.
  But you'll
  have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's a trade
 off.  We
  have done it both ways.
 
  Bob
  Arreva Communications
 
 
  On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
  Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN
 switch
  vendors with products supported by * for
 business
  grade voice service?  Thanks
 
 
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Grandstream v. Polycom

2008-02-04 Thread Michael
You should check out snom phones as well, at www.snom.com they are a nice
alternative and have some nice features.
FYI

On Feb 4, 2008 10:04 AM, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Dear List,

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Grandstream v. Polycom

2008-02-04 Thread Moshe Maeir




We have Grandstream, Snom, Linksys and Polycom. 
Like Rob says GS and Polycom are not in the same league. We also had
NAT issues with the Polycom, which we have not with the 
Snom. All in all the Snoms are good solid phones and easy to use.

Moshe

Rob Peck wrote:

  John,

As someone who has both deployed in an office setting (GXP-2000s and 
Polycom IP-330s, as well as a few PAPs and some other random crap), I 
can give you a little info. Both work with Asterisk, but I would 
recommend the Polycom. It's only about $30/each more for a better phone.

The GXP has some neat features, but the quality of construction and 
sound quality on the Polycoms is just so far ahead of the Grandstreams 
that it's not even in the same ballpark. The Polycoms are also far 
easier to provision (it's just simple XML).

The only problems I've had with the Polcom are NAT issues, but it's not 
something I've even put more than 5 minutes of research into since 
everything here is on our local LAN.

-Rob Peck
dealnews.com



John Williams wrote:
  
  
Dear List,
 
Seeking opinions on Grandstream v. Polycom SIP phones run on *.   Any 
thoughts/comments/opinions appreciated.
 
Thanks!


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Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread bob murphy
Yes I concur that the Dell switches are a good functional choice as well.
And priced right.

On 2/4/08, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 We are using Dell PowerConnect 3448P for voicedata switches with qos
 and separate vlans for data and voice.

 Bob

 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:55 -0500, John Williams wrote:
  Bob,
  What are you using for a LAN switch?
  Thanks!
 
 
  On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram
  and a
  Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called
  the A104DE
  on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently
  handling 82 users
  quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a
  few
  occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48
  concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11
  and peaks
  to about 0.4
 
  --
  Bob Pierce
  Network Analyst
  Westman Communications Group
 
 
  On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:
   Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have
  the
   luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put
  aside QOS
   (for now).
  
   Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch
  
   PC) proven to operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48
  concurrent
   calls.
  
   --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend,
  based on
   actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent
  calls?
   (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)
  
   --  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone
  recommend,
   based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and
  48
   concurrent calls?
  
   Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!
  
  
   On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  wrote:
   Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services
  the party
   gets smaller and more expensive.  At the point you
  are
   building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per
  port
   VLAN's etc you may as well build with service
  provider class
   switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will
  help us
   all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and
  Asterisk being
   not ready for prime deployment due to maturity
  issues when in
   reality, it works fine on a well designed and
  constructed
   network.  Most of the time the Telephony system
  get's blamed
   for what is actually a poorly designed network.
   Low cost
   and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just
  bite the
   bullet and use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a
  couple
   systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things
  are lookin
   good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality
  that was
   properly designed in to the final solution.
  
   Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run
  seperate
   networks.  I mean, why complicate things by
  converging voice
   and data.  With L2 switching equipment so cheap.
   But you'll
   have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's a trade
  off.  We
   have done it both ways.
  
   Bob
   Arreva Communications
  
  
   On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  wrote:
   Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN
  switch
   vendors with products supported by * for
  business
   grade voice service?  Thanks
  
  
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Grandstream v. Polycom

2008-02-04 Thread Rob Peck
John,

As someone who has both deployed in an office setting (GXP-2000s and 
Polycom IP-330s, as well as a few PAPs and some other random crap), I 
can give you a little info. Both work with Asterisk, but I would 
recommend the Polycom. It's only about $30/each more for a better phone.

The GXP has some neat features, but the quality of construction and 
sound quality on the Polycoms is just so far ahead of the Grandstreams 
that it's not even in the same ballpark. The Polycoms are also far 
easier to provision (it's just simple XML).

The only problems I've had with the Polcom are NAT issues, but it's not 
something I've even put more than 5 minutes of research into since 
everything here is on our local LAN.

-Rob Peck
dealnews.com



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 Dear List,
  
 Seeking opinions on Grandstream v. Polycom SIP phones run on *.   Any 
 thoughts/comments/opinions appreciated.
  
 Thanks!
 

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Grandstream v. Polycom

2008-02-04 Thread Antonio Gallo
Michael S. White ha scritto:
 The GXP-2000 Makes a better doorstop than a phone... The shape is 
 perfect for this and it actually works when you use it as one.

Grandstream support just told me that for use it as doorstop you need 
the next version of the firmware that has not been released yet
:-P

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Polycom v. Snom

2008-02-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On Feb 4, 2008 12:34 PM, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I love the security support of Snom,  but wonder why they don't have an
 attendant console, which we currently use.

 How much more expensive is Snom than Polycom?


John,

  Polycom supports many, if not all, of the same security standards
(SIP TLS, SRTP) that Snom does.  Snom also offers an attendant
console.

-- 
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Open source Asterisk billing solution

2008-02-04 Thread Jared Smith
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 08:39 -0500, Tom Moore wrote:
 I've been asked to setup an Asterisk server with accounting functions for a
 client and his customers.
 To keep it short and sweet he wants to provide dids to his customers and
 charge a monthly service fee for the customer having the line and when the
 time comes offer packages of minutes and have charges be added to the
 account when the package minutes run out.

I know several people doing this with the Freeside billing package (see
http://freeside.biz/).  Originally written as an ISP billing platform,
it handles just about any billing situation you can think of, including
month charges, pro-rated months, per minute or block-of-minutes type
billing, etc. as well as some advanced features like account
provisioning, etc.  

(A friend of mine is one of the core developers, so my opinion is
probably somewhat biased... your mileage may vary.)

-- 
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Business Edition

2008-02-04 Thread Jared Smith
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 11:00 +0700, Dome Charoenyost wrote:
 I found Asterisk Business Edition supports up to 40 simultaneous
 calls with upgrades to 240 calls available. in digium web site.
 What's mean ? Asterisk Business Edition not include source code ?

No, Asterisk Business Edition does not include the source code.  While
it's built from the same source as the open source version of Asterisk,
it's licensed under a more traditional commercial binary-only software
license.  If you chose to go the Asterisk Business Edition route, you
get technical support, warrant, and some patent indemnification.  

If on the other hand you go the open-source route, you get support from
the community (mailing lists such as this one, forums, blogs, and so
on).

The nice thing is, you get to choose which is best for your particular
situation.

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread mroberts1818
What do these puppies go for?


Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-Original Message-
From: bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:49:25 
To:Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk 
Discussionasterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell  3COM


Yes I concur that the Dell switches are a good functional choice as well.  And 
priced right.

 
On 2/4/08, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote: We 
are using Dell PowerConnect 3448P for voicedata switches with qos
and separate vlans for data and voice.
 
Bob

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:55 -0500, John Williams wrote:
 Bob,
 What are you using for a LAN switch?
 Thanks!


 On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL 
 PROTECTED]  wrote:
  We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram
 and a
 Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called
 the A104DE
 on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently
  handling 82 users
 quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a
 few
 occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48
 concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11
  and peaks
 to about 0.4

 --
 Bob Pierce
 Network Analyst
 Westman Communications Group


 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:
   Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have
 the
  luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put
 aside QOS
  (for now).
  
  Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch
 
  PC) proven to operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48
 concurrent
   calls.
 
  --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend,
 based on
  actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent
  calls?
  (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)
 
  --  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone
 recommend,
   based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and
 48
  concurrent calls?
 
  Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!
  
 
  On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 wrote:
  Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services
  the party
  gets smaller and more expensive.  At the point you
 are
  building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per
 port
   VLAN's etc you may as well build with service
 provider class
  switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will
 help us
  all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and
  Asterisk being
  not ready for prime deployment due to maturity
 issues when in
  reality, it works fine on a well designed and
 constructed
   network.  Most of the time the Telephony system
 get's blamed
  for what is actually a poorly designed network.
  Low cost
   and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just
 bite the
  bullet and use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a
 couple
  systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things
  are lookin
  good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality
 that was
  properly designed in to the final solution.
 
   Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run
 seperate
  networks.  I mean, why complicate things by
 converging voice
  and data.  With L2 switching equipment so cheap.
   But you'll
  have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's a trade
 off.  We
  have done it both ways.
 
  Bob
   Arreva Communications
 
 
  On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL 
PROTECTED] 
 wrote:
   Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN
 switch
  vendors with products supported by * for
 business
  grade voice service?  Thanks
  
 
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[asterisk-biz] How to Protect SIP server from flood. ?

2008-02-04 Thread Dome Charoenyost
My customer want to do PC to PC voip service and they ask about cheap
solution for Protect SIP Server from flood. I think about Snort
Inline. If sommone have any idea please let's me know.


Best Regards.

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Vritual Asterisk

2008-02-04 Thread Gondar Monn
Is there a particular reason you would want to do that ? Would it work 
on PRI hardware ?
Gondar

Shamsul Arefin wrote:
 Jose wrote:
   
 Hi ,
 Any one has tried multiple Asterisk on Xen ?
 -Jose

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 Hi we have done some testing , so far it is quite promising. we use 
 centos 5.1 and xen with para virtualization. installed upto 5 asterisk. 
 and runs 10 concurrent calls on all of them.

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Open source Asterisk billing solution

2008-02-04 Thread Gondar Monn
Freeside is probably the best you can get  Has everything, they have 
a vmware appliance that you can test

Gondar

Jared Smith wrote:
 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 08:39 -0500, Tom Moore wrote:
   
 I've been asked to setup an Asterisk server with accounting functions for a
 client and his customers.
 To keep it short and sweet he wants to provide dids to his customers and
 charge a monthly service fee for the customer having the line and when the
 time comes offer packages of minutes and have charges be added to the
 account when the package minutes run out.
 

 I know several people doing this with the Freeside billing package (see
 http://freeside.biz/).  Originally written as an ISP billing platform,
 it handles just about any billing situation you can think of, including
 month charges, pro-rated months, per minute or block-of-minutes type
 billing, etc. as well as some advanced features like account
 provisioning, etc.  

 (A friend of mine is one of the core developers, so my opinion is
 probably somewhat biased... your mileage may vary.)

   


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Re: [asterisk-biz] Starting a VOIP Business

2008-02-04 Thread Gondar Monn
Thanks a lot everyone ... We will go with the 2950, just to keep things 
together (we have several of them) + we are redesigning our network to 
control all the 802.11 issues

Gondar


Mike Hammett wrote:
 I'm not as large as I'd like to be (well the company, personally I wish I 
 was smaller), but I am deploying more towers this year and reintroducing my 
 VoIP service.  Everything is routed and every device has a powerful QoS 
 system.


 --
 Mike Hammett
 Intelligent Computing Solutions
 http://www.ics-il.com


 - Original Message - 
 From: Gondar Monn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion 
 asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
 Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:25 AM
 Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Starting a VOIP Business


   
 Thanks for a very wise advice ... we are actually looking into it, we
 had a bridged system and are redesigning it to be fully routed +
 implementing QoS + switching bandwidth providers to get a better
 backbone 

 Thanks again

 Gondar

 Nitzan Kon wrote:
 
 I was thinking the exact same thing. My experience (as a user) with
 WISPs has been basically lost packets, intermittent service issues,
 etc. VoIP is fragile as it is, so there is no way you could deliver
 VoIP reliably with these issues...

 If you DON'T have lost packet issues (rare for a WISP I think), your
 latency is very low, and basically you have the perfect connection
 for a WISP - you MIGHT be fine.

 Don't go buying a bunch of equipment before you test it though...

   -- Nitzan

 --- John Mason Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


   
 Just a word of advise make sure the network is ready for the voip
 traffic, at my ofice we had a very poor experience with a WISP with
 VOIP
 because the network was not ready  well managed

 John

 
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Re: [asterisk-biz] How to Protect SIP server from flood. ?

2008-02-04 Thread Dome Charoenyost
its' work for alert. i want to test inline mode for real time block

Dome C.


On 2/5/08, Gondar Monn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I would go with snort too, they have a module for VOIP ... but you have
 to configure and activate it

 Gondar

 Dome Charoenyost wrote:
  My customer want to do PC to PC voip service and they ask about cheap
  solution for Protect SIP Server from flood. I think about Snort
  Inline. If sommone have any idea please let's me know.
 
 
  Best Regards.
 
  Dome C.
 
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Open source Asterisk billing solution

2008-02-04 Thread Mitul Limbani
Hello,

You may try A2billing, it handles most of the things mentioned by you, 
including DID Management. Including the monthly billing for DID and per 
minute charge for calls for different destinations including calling 
card functionality.

If you are looking for a full fledged highly scalable billing software 
which works on top of Asterisk with more granulled functionality of 
time based incremental billing per call, DID management, Inbound Charge 
per DID, calling card, Muliple SIP Users under one single company 
entity (more like Hosted PBX scenario) etc etc the works, we may be 
able to help you.

I look forward to hear from you,

Thanks  Regards,
Mitul Limbani,
Founder  CEO,
Enterux Solutions,
The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
www.enterux.com

Quoting Jared Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 08:39 -0500, Tom Moore wrote:
 I've been asked to setup an Asterisk server with accounting functions for a
 client and his customers.
 To keep it short and sweet he wants to provide dids to his customers and
 charge a monthly service fee for the customer having the line and when the
 time comes offer packages of minutes and have charges be added to the
 account when the package minutes run out.

 I know several people doing this with the Freeside billing package (see
 http://freeside.biz/).  Originally written as an ISP billing platform,
 it handles just about any billing situation you can think of, including
 month charges, pro-rated months, per minute or block-of-minutes type
 billing, etc. as well as some advanced features like account
 provisioning, etc.

 (A friend of mine is one of the core developers, so my opinion is
 probably somewhat biased... your mileage may vary.)



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Re: [asterisk-biz] How to Protect SIP server from flood. ?

2008-02-04 Thread Gondar Monn
I would go with snort too, they have a module for VOIP ... but you have 
to configure and activate it

Gondar

Dome Charoenyost wrote:
 My customer want to do PC to PC voip service and they ask about cheap
 solution for Protect SIP Server from flood. I think about Snort
 Inline. If sommone have any idea please let's me know.


 Best Regards.

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread bob murphy
Last time we deployed a system on dell switches it was aproximately $1,
400.00 for a 48 port POE switch.  Including the extra power pack that
enables POE on all 48 ports.

On 2/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 What do these puppies go for?


 Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

 -Original Message-
 From: bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:49:25
 To:Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
 asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
 Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell  3COM


 Yes I concur that the Dell switches are a good functional choice as
 well.  And priced right.


 On 2/4/08, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote: We are using Dell PowerConnect 3448P for
 voicedata switches with qos
 and separate vlans for data and voice.

 Bob

 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:55 -0500, John Williams wrote:
  Bob,
  What are you using for a LAN switch?
  Thanks!
 
 
  On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote:
  We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram
  and a
  Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called
  the A104DE
  on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently
  handling 82 users
  quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a
  few
  occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48
  concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11
  and peaks
  to about 0.4
 
  --
  Bob Pierce
  Network Analyst
  Westman Communications Group
 
 
  On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:
   Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have
  the
   luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put
  aside QOS
   (for now).
  
   Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch
  
   PC) proven to operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48
  concurrent
   calls.
  
   --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend,
  based on
   actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent
  calls?
   (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)
  
   --  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone
  recommend,
   based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and
  48
   concurrent calls?
  
   Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!
  
  
   On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  wrote:
   Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services
  the party
   gets smaller and more expensive.  At the point you
  are
   building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per
  port
   VLAN's etc you may as well build with service
  provider class
   switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will
  help us
   all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and
  Asterisk being
   not ready for prime deployment due to maturity
  issues when in
   reality, it works fine on a well designed and
  constructed
   network.  Most of the time the Telephony system
  get's blamed
   for what is actually a poorly designed network.
   Low cost
   and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just
  bite the
   bullet and use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a
  couple
   systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things
  are lookin
   good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality
  that was
   properly designed in to the final solution.
  
   Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run
  seperate
   networks.  I mean, why complicate things by
  converging voice
   and data.  With L2 switching equipment so cheap.
   But you'll
   have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's a trade
  off.  We
   have done it both ways.
  
   Bob
   Arreva Communications
  
  
   On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  wrote:
   Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN
  switch
   vendors with products supported by * for
  business
   grade voice service?  Thanks
  
  

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread John Williams
Folks,

Excuse my ignorance ... a couple more questions on server sizing  (Dell
2950)

- Hard Drive Size for open source * or *BE?

-  # of Gps Ethernet ports  (1 or 2? )  (I noticed one poster using one port
for incoming calls and 2nd port for outgoing calls)

- Any value to 4 GB Ram?

- How many PCI slots in this beast?

Thanks!



On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram and a
 Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called the A104DE
 on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently handling 82 users
 quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a few
 occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48
 concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11 and peaks
 to about 0.4

 --
 Bob Pierce
 Network Analyst
 Westman Communications Group

 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:
  Thanks for that wisdom, Bob.   For this current job, we have the
  luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put aside QOS
  (for now).
 
  Being completely paranoid,  I want to buy equipment (switch 
  PC) proven to operate an *  PBX for 50-90 users and 48 concurrent
  calls.
 
  --  Dell is our preferred PC vendor.  Can anyone recommend, based on
  actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent calls?
  (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)
 
  --  3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor.  Can anyone recommend,
  based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and 48
  concurrent calls?
 
  Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!
 
 
  On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services the party
  gets smaller and more expensive.  At the point you are
  building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per port
  VLAN's etc you may as well build with service provider class
  switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc.  It will help us
  all by eliminating complaints about VOIP and Asterisk being
  not ready for prime deployment due to maturity issues when in
  reality, it works fine on a well designed and constructed
  network.  Most of the time the Telephony system get's blamed
  for what is actually a poorly designed network.  Low cost
  and Business grade may not coexist yet.  So just bite the
  bullet and use Foundry or Cisco.  We have deployed a couple
  systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things are lookin
  good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality that was
  properly designed in to the final solution.
 
  Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run seperate
  networks.  I mean, why complicate things by converging voice
  and data.  With L2 switching equipment so cheap.  But you'll
  have to run two cat6 drops everywhere.  It's a trade off.  We
  have done it both ways.
 
  Bob
  Arreva Communications
 
 
  On 2/3/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Deal List,  Who are the low cost QOS LAN switch
  vendors with products supported by * for business
  grade voice service?  Thanks
 
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Open source Asterisk billing solution

2008-02-04 Thread Jaswinder Singh
I have had good success with setting up and using A2billing . It's way
better than other open source billing system ( only my opinion ) :) .

On Feb 5, 2008 10:12 AM, Mitul Limbani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello,

 You may try A2billing, it handles most of the things mentioned by you,
 including DID Management. Including the monthly billing for DID and per
 minute charge for calls for different destinations including calling
 card functionality.

 If you are looking for a full fledged highly scalable billing software
 which works on top of Asterisk with more granulled functionality of
 time based incremental billing per call, DID management, Inbound Charge
 per DID, calling card, Muliple SIP Users under one single company
 entity (more like Hosted PBX scenario) etc etc the works, we may be
 able to help you.

 I look forward to hear from you,

 Thanks  Regards,
 Mitul Limbani,
 Founder  CEO,
 Enterux Solutions,
 The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
 www.enterux.com

 Quoting Jared Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

  On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 08:39 -0500, Tom Moore wrote:
  I've been asked to setup an Asterisk server with accounting functions
 for a
  client and his customers.
  To keep it short and sweet he wants to provide dids to his customers
 and
  charge a monthly service fee for the customer having the line and when
 the
  time comes offer packages of minutes and have charges be added to the
  account when the package minutes run out.
 
  I know several people doing this with the Freeside billing package (see
  http://freeside.biz/).  Originally written as an ISP billing platform,
  it handles just about any billing situation you can think of, including
  month charges, pro-rated months, per minute or block-of-minutes type
  billing, etc. as well as some advanced features like account
  provisioning, etc.
 
  (A friend of mine is one of the core developers, so my opinion is
  probably somewhat biased... your mileage may vary.)



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[asterisk-biz] Session Border Controller

2008-02-04 Thread Gondar Monn
Any one using one of those on their VOIP network ? Experience with and 
without ?

Thanks for sharing !

Gondar

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Re: [asterisk-biz] Open source Asterisk billing solution

2008-02-04 Thread Dome Charoenyost
I Agree A2billing.

On 2/5/08, Jaswinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I have had good success with setting up and using A2billing . It's way
 better than other open source billing system ( only my opinion ) :) .


 On Feb 5, 2008 10:12 AM, Mitul Limbani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Hello,
 
  You may try A2billing, it handles most of the things mentioned by you,
  including DID Management. Including the monthly billing for DID and per
  minute charge for calls for different destinations including calling
  card functionality.
 
  If you are looking for a full fledged highly scalable billing software
  which works on top of Asterisk with more granulled functionality of
  time based incremental billing per call, DID management, Inbound Charge
  per DID, calling card, Muliple SIP Users under one single company
  entity (more like Hosted PBX scenario) etc etc the works, we may be
  able to help you.
 
  I look forward to hear from you,
 
  Thanks  Regards,
  Mitul Limbani,
  Founder  CEO,
  Enterux Solutions,
  The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
  www.enterux.com
 
 
  Quoting Jared Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 
   On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 08:39 -0500, Tom Moore wrote:
   I've been asked to setup an Asterisk server with accounting functions
 for a
   client and his customers.
   To keep it short and sweet he wants to provide dids to his customers
 and
   charge a monthly service fee for the customer having the line and when
 the
   time comes offer packages of minutes and have charges be added to the
   account when the package minutes run out.
  
   I know several people doing this with the Freeside billing package (see
   http://freeside.biz/).  Originally written as an ISP billing platform,
   it handles just about any billing situation you can think of, including
   month charges, pro-rated months, per minute or block-of-minutes type
   billing, etc. as well as some advanced features like account
   provisioning, etc.
  
   (A friend of mine is one of the core developers, so my opinion is
   probably somewhat biased... your mileage may vary.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Business Edition

2008-02-04 Thread Sergey Tamkovich
Is it true that ABE supports Dialogic boards? If yes, what else ABE 
supports what normal Asterisk doesn't?

Jared Smith wrote:
 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 11:00 +0700, Dome Charoenyost wrote:
   
 I found Asterisk Business Edition supports up to 40 simultaneous
 calls with upgrades to 240 calls available. in digium web site.
 What's mean ? Asterisk Business Edition not include source code ?
 

 No, Asterisk Business Edition does not include the source code.  While
 it's built from the same source as the open source version of Asterisk,
 it's licensed under a more traditional commercial binary-only software
 license.  If you chose to go the Asterisk Business Edition route, you
 get technical support, warrant, and some patent indemnification.  

 If on the other hand you go the open-source route, you get support from
 the community (mailing lists such as this one, forums, blogs, and so
 on).

 The nice thing is, you get to choose which is best for your particular
 situation.

   


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Re: [asterisk-biz] Open source Asterisk billing solution

2008-02-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
Second that. From what I've seen of other billing systems they range
from bad to truly horrible. A2billing is the only solution I've seen
which gets even close to something I can depend on (or rather easily
modify to my needs).

Unfortunately, having said that, A2billing is very complicated and to
fit my needs I will need to modify it heavily. For example its handling
of DID's is so complicated that I will probably bypass it completely
and write my own AGI to handle incoming calls. Same goes for voicemail
support (or rather lack thereof in current stable version of
A2Billing). Personally I believe that keeping the customer interface as
stupidified as possible is the best way to go. Your users are not going
to know what a DID or a CID group is - they just want a simple phone
number that works. Unfortunately none of the open source projects out
there is at a fit-for-the-masses level yet, at least not without doing
massive amount of work to customize it.

What I *did* like about A2Billing though is that it's written in PHP
and easily modifiable. It provides a good base to build and customize
on, and the rating engine seems to be doing its job reliably.

(As far as Freeside goes- I have NOT tested it. But it appears like
it's seriously lacking proper documentation, which is why I stayed away
from it personally. It could be a great platform though - don't know.)

  -- Nitzan

--- Jaswinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have had good success with setting up and using A2billing . It's
 way
 better than other open source billing system ( only my opinion ) :) .


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