Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 02:47:26 -0500, Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should not quote an open-source guru or a guy. It undermines your credibility. Name the person you are quoting (Jon 'Maddog' Hall, President, Linux International), and provide links to prove your claim. Here,

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread niels
, 2004 3:38 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IAX really isn't the 'one and only' perfect signaling protocol IAX is *not* a signalling protocol. It is a VoIP protocol. And that's

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 10:09:41 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is already one chipmaker who thought that IAX was important or competitive advantage enough to embed it into their chip. Which? the PA1688 admittedly, not the best piece of silicon around, and some

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
If you refer to the urban legend that IAX always needs a server to stay in the media path, then you would be wrong. IAX has a mechanism that for all practical purposes is equivalent to a SIP reinvite through which the end points then transition to a mode by which they communicate directly peer to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:50:07 +0400, Jean-Michel Hiver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Out of interest, how would this work in a situation where two IAX compliant devices (i.e. IAXy) are behind a non-configured natted network (i.e. where no port forwarding has been setup)? Is it necessary to set up

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Adam Goryachev
On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 20:57, Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:50:07 +0400, Jean-Michel Hiver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Out of interest, how would this work in a situation where two IAX compliant devices (i.e. IAXy) are behind a non-configured natted network

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
Actually, I assume the above (2 x IAX devices behind a single NAT router) would work perfectly without any special configuration EXCEPT in the (perhaps most common case) where both IAX devices are talking to the same IAX server. Could you explain why it would be a problem if both devices were

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Adam Goryachev
On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 21:33, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: Actually, I assume the above (2 x IAX devices behind a single NAT router) would work perfectly without any special configuration EXCEPT in the (perhaps most common case) where both IAX devices are talking to the same IAX server.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Steve Totaro
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 10:09:41 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is already one chipmaker who thought that IAX was important or competitive advantage enough to embed it into their chip. Which? the PA1688 admittedly, not the best piece of silicon around, and some people who

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Jon Lawrence
On Tuesday 02 November 2004 02:47, Steve Totaro wrote: This thread was started by Randy Bush, thought that name rang a bell. Good conversation nonetheless. http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2004-July/053278.html No, Randy didn't start this thread. He simply answered a post in

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Steve Underwood
Karl Brose wrote: [...] The reality about IAX vs SIP looks much different. SIP quickly replaced H323 in the market of voip endpoint devices and call termination/origination because of its design simplicity, transparency and easy debugging potential because it's text-based and built on existing

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-02 Thread Steve Underwood
Steve Totaro wrote: Sure I remember. Up until a year ago I believe it was still being manufactured and supported by Sony. Their mistake was keeping proprietary. A parallel cannot be drawn. If anything, you prove my point in that VHS was the underdog and won the battle. That is often said,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Totaro
No worries here. What works best will win out eventually. - Original Message - From: Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Voip Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard what does

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Michael Giagnocavo
is part of that marketing. -Michael - Original Message - From: Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Voip Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard what does the RFC's guys

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Totaro
. being a published standard is part of that marketing. -Michael - Original Message - From: Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Voip Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard what does

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Brent Franks
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:53 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Michael Giagnocavo
is part of that marketing. -Michael - Original Message - From: Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Voip Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard what does the RFC's guys

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Dave Cotton
On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 13:20 -0500, Brent Franks wrote: Not old enough to remember this, but wasn't Beta better than VHS? Yes and professional equipment used it. -- Dave Cotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Totaro
a published standard is part of that marketing. -Michael - Original Message - From: Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Voip Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard what does

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Totaro
/28/1030053075578.html?oneclick=true - Original Message - From: Dave Cotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Asterisk List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:28 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 13:20 -0500, Brent Franks wrote

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Totaro
Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard Sure I remember. Up until a year ago I believe it was still being manufactured and supported by Sony. Their mistake was keeping

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Michael Giagnocavo
-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard I see your point and it is well taken but I feel that with convergence you are going to see more IT staff in charge of phone systems. In turn, I see more research and informed decisions going on, not just

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:13:15 -0600, Michael Giagnocavo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless SIP just plain does not work, I think it'll be hard (for IAX to get excellent acceptance), Funny you should say that from the comfort of your first world environment. In many countries internet infrastructure

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Michael Giagnocavo
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:13:15 -0600, Michael Giagnocavo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless SIP just plain does not work, I think it'll be hard (for IAX to get excellent acceptance), Funny you should say that from the comfort of your first world environment. In many countries internet infrastructure

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread niels
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Giagnocavo Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 11:13 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard Unless SIP just plain does not work, I think it'll be hard (for IAX to get excellent

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 17:14:37 -0600, Michael Giagnocavo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I'm in Guatemala. My current connectivity is via a modem (poorly implemented EVDO or CDMA, whichever is actually working at the moment). Before that we were using satellite. The telco tried to hook up ADSL

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Kann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello IAX really isn't the 'one and only' perfect signaling protocol because many people forget one thing IAX has one technical issue (by design) which makes it difficult to ever get accepted by the big boys, a real big problem for carriers who have big loads on their

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Michael Giagnocavo
Precisely. First world environment! Try travelling in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, where everything is still mostly dialup and many of the phone wires installed go back before the time when plastic was invented. So SIP doesn't work on dialup? That's funny 'cause I'm using it like

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Matt Riddell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --SNIPSTA-- Anyhow, the situation now, is that there is no DSP chip, that means .. Your main processor has to encode the channel in total (3 to 4 E1's absolute is the max possible with dual xeon 3 ghz I read somewhere in this case) This has a problem. PC's are so cheap

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread niels
Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --SNIPSTA-- Anyhow, the situation now, is that there is no DSP chip, that means .. Your main processor has to encode the channel in total (3 to 4 E1's absolute

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Karl Brose
Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote: IAX is so vastly superior to SIP, that the comparison shouldn't be things like VHS versus Betamax, but it should be more like horse carriages versus motorcars. And what to you base such an assertion on? Would you care to elaborate on the technical

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Underwood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello IAX really isn't the 'one and only' perfect signaling protocol because many people forget one thing IAX has one technical issue (by design) which makes it difficult to ever get accepted by the big boys, a real big problem for carriers who have big loads on their

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
Try travelling in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, where everything is still mostly dialup and many of the phone wires installed go back before the time when plastic was invented. So SIP doesn't work on dialup? That's funny 'cause I'm using it like that... That's not what I said. I

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IAX really isn't the 'one and only' perfect signaling protocol IAX is *not* a signalling protocol. It is a VoIP protocol. And that's the whole point. H.323, SIP, et al those are all signalling protocols, half protocols so to speak. IAX is a self-contained, true

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Totaro
- Non-Commercial Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard Try travelling in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, where everything is still mostly dialup and many of the phone wires installed go back

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Matthew Crocker
On Nov 1, 2004, at 9:37 PM, Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IAX really isn't the 'one and only' perfect signaling protocol IAX is *not* a signalling protocol. It is a VoIP protocol. And that's the whole point. H.323, SIP, et al those are all signalling protocols,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:55:40 -0500, Karl Brose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And what to you base such an assertion on? Would you care to elaborate on the technical justifications? In a nutshell: The future of voice will be peer-to-peer and that's where IAX has a clear edge. As for a technical

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Eric Wieling
Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote: If you refer to the urban legend that IAX always needs a server to stay in the media path, then you would be wrong. IAX has a mechanism that for all practical purposes is equivalent to a SIP reinvite through which the end points then transition to a mode

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Jim Van Meggelen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:53 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard

2004-11-01 Thread Jim Van Meggelen
[snip] A few weeks ago there was a statement from an open source guru at an event making the mainstream news all over the world and the statement was this: Watch out for Asterisk, it will be bigger than Linux. This wasn't coming from an Asterisk zealot driven by wishful thinking. It was