Fwd: [Serusers] Do ser + asterisk_b2bua work ?

Charles Wang lazy.charles at gmail.com
Wed Feb 23 03:40:19 CET 2005


Dear Iqbal:
Thank you very much. I just want to plan a prepaid function in my scenario.
And wanna test a tool (asterisk / b2bua of vovida).
So I need another sound about what is the further.

Anyway, thank you for your valuable experience.

Charles

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:19:25 GMT, Iqbal <iqbal at gigo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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"???
> >
> >but the ser manager all.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:52:01 GMT, Iqbal <iqbal at gigo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> could ask this on asterisk :-) but answers inline
> >>
> >> On 2/22/2005, "Charles Wang" <lazy.charles at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >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 :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >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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