[Serusers] Do ser + asterisk_b2bua work ?

[Iqbal]

um...dont understand, SER doesnt/shouldnt manage all.

Also ammendmen to post below, asterisk_b2bua below is not asterisk and
from teh cursory glance i took it looks like as if it needs radius..

Iqbal

On 2/22/2005, "Walter Willis" <walterwn at gmail.com> wrote:

>b2bua work with "SER"???
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>but the ser manager all.
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>On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:52:01 GMT, Iqbal <iqbal at gigo.co.uk> wrote:
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>> could ask this on asterisk :-) but answers inline
>>
>> On 2/22/2005, "Charles Wang" <lazy.charles at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >Dear ALL:
>> >
>> >I find a program named "asterisk_b2bua" on
>> >http://developer.berlios.de/projects/b2bua/
>> >
>> >And I also download them(two components) and try to test it.
>> >
>> >But I have not enough knowledge about asterisk. It seems a Software PBX.
>> >Does asterisk_b2bua work? Does anybody ever try it?
>>
>> worked with asterisk, but this seems like a stripped version so I havent
>> used this, and it seems in pre alpha stage so not sure about it
>> >
>> >I have questions about my scenario.
>> >
>> >                   |======================> UA2          (Internet)
>> >                   |
>> >UA1 ===> SER ===> Asterisk B2BUA ===> Trunking A (PSTN)
>> >                                             |
>> >                                             |
>> >                      CDR + Prepaid + Handle Calls(Tear-down when call
>> >during limited)
>> >                                             |
>> >                                             |
>> >                                   Authentication ( Radius / DB )
>> >
>> >Q1. Will Asterisk's B2BUA pass through the "To" (such as
>> >      0939749xxx at ser.xxx.net.tw PSTN number) to Trunking A?
>> >      In another word, is the B2BUA not necessary to rewrite the phone number?
>> >
>> yup, you use extensions in asterisk, but use default catchall ._ to take
>> all your calls and then route them out to ur pstn provider
>>
>> >Q2. How can B2BUA know when to tear-down this call if the call has some limits.
>> >      For example, UA1 has only 120 seconds to use this International call.
>> >
>> Because the rtp should go via the b2bua, and it is taking care of the
>> billing so it knows how long the call has been in progress.
>>
>> >Q3. Is it necessary for Radius Authentication? Is it possible if no
>> >radius exists
>> >      and SER and Asterisk use the same MySQL database.
>>
>> You can make them all exists, I dropped radius early one, it didnt seem
>> to add much benefit to what I was doing, mysql seemed to do it all, no
>> point adding radius although some billing software does like to use
>> radius records, so it all depends on how ur billing.
>>
>> Asterisk by default uses its own DB, but this can be changed, but I am
>> thinking that it might be better to keep them separate, because then ser
>> DB can be moved off onto a diff machine, and u can use asterisk to
>> maintain billing and keep that separate...ur accounst dept will want
>> that guarded :-)
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>> >
>> >Q4. What do I need to download and setup when I use Asterisk
>> >      to start this prepaid compoment? The first one shall be
>> >asterisk-1.0.5.tar.gz.
>> >      Maybe some Mysql supported scripts or installaion. And any more??
>>
>> Just asterisk, not sure what the latest release is, am installing new
>> version this week, so if I get round to it, I'll give feedback
>>
>> Iqbal
>> >
>> >Best Regard
>> >Charles
>> >
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