[Serusers] Do ser + asterisk_b2bua work ?

[Walter Willis]

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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