[sr-dev] [Kamailio 1.5 LCR] gw with same IP but different port is not loaded

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

2010/5/31 Juha Heinanen <jh at tutpro.com>:

>> - I want a default route using gw1 and gw2 (for any prefix).
>> - In calls to 001 (USA) I want to use *just* gw3, so I could create a
>> lcr rule with prefix 001 and grp_id=X, and a lcr_group with id=X
>> containing just gw3.
>> - If gw3 is down or replies 503 (this is, if the USA lcr rule fails) I
>> don't want to try the default route (gw1 and gw2). This is not
>> possible with the current design as the default route (lcr rules with
>> no prefix) would be loaded automatically.
>> - With my proposal (a column "stop" with value 1) there is no need to
>> coding ugly and static code in failure_route. Instead load_gws() would
>> stop inspecting lcr_rules table when a rule with "stop=1" is found.
>
> does this cover the case where there are two equal priority gw groups
> defined for prefix 001?

Hi, also remember the new constrain I proposed: there cannot be two
lcr entries with same prefix, grp_id and priority.


>> I suggest/propose all of this due to my real experience. I've deployed
>> a proxy for load balancing, failover and routing (based on prefix) to
>> some PSTN gateways and after implementing it I really miss the above
>> features.
>
> thanks for your suggestions, it just remains to implement them :-).

Sure. Just let me some weeks until I get some time to make the
specifications and start coding it.

Regards.


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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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