[00:28] Nix (n=Nix@81.213.125.220) left irc: "sleep" [00:28] cayorde (n=flexable@host187-108-dynamic.10-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it) joined #openser. [00:29] cayorde (n=flexable@host187-108-dynamic.10-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it) left irc: Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) [00:29] NormB (n=NormB@24.115.56.68) joined #openser. [01:12] Anyone available for some questions? [01:12] How easy is it to set up a phone system using OpenSER compared to Asterisk? [01:13] easy is relative [01:13] NormB: relative to Asterisk [01:14] They are focused on two different areas. Asterisk is focused on being a PBX while OpenSER is focused on being a SIP Proxy. [01:15] Well, I use asterisk to manage a bunch of office phones [01:15] Not really as a PBX [01:15] Many folks use them in concert with each other. [01:15] how would that work? [01:16] I don't think I really have a grasp on what a sip proxy does [01:16] Asterisk manages office phones pretty well as you already know. [01:16] what are you trying to accomplish ? [01:17] Setting up another office. Heard one consultant say he was going to go back and replace all his * system with openser [01:17] nice [01:17] I assumed by that statement, that openser could run my office phones [01:17] I use both OpenSER and Asterisk -- [01:18] Asterisk boxes can talk to each other. Why was the consultant suggesting dumping * with OpenSER ? [01:19] An example of a PBX feature is voicemail. Asterisk has it built in. [01:19] OpenSER dosen't have voicemail builtin. [01:19] He made a comment about openser being more scalable [01:19] said he used openser + asterisk [01:20] said he was going to replace all the * pieces if he could [01:20] The SER in OpenSER = SIP Express Router. [01:20] yes [01:20] know that [01:20] I suppose, from the helicopter view, you can think of OpenSER as just that, a router. [01:20] sure. and *? [01:21] * is a PBX [01:21] can it be thought of as a router or having router functionality? [01:21] It can be made to route, using dialplans. [01:22] using dialplan rules, you can route some calls one way and other calls another way. [01:22] OpenSER was built to be a router, Asterisk was built to be a PBX. [01:22] hmm, never thought of a dialplan as a router [01:23] ;exten => _12564286000,1,Dial(SIP/customer1) [01:23] ;exten => _12564286001,1,Dial(IAX2/customer2) [01:23] form the * sample extensions.conf [01:24] route some calls to SIP, and others to IAX [01:24] and OpenSER? [01:24] OpenSER only speaks SIP [01:25] For example, when a call needs to hit a provider that only supports IAX, I use OpenSER to route the call to an * box, then the * box sends the call out an IAX trunk [01:25] interesting [01:26] I use zap in one of my offices for in/out calls [01:26] * does the SIP <---> IAX bridge [01:26] ditto [01:26] * does the ZAP <--> SIP bridge [01:26] we also have zaptel [01:26] so, if I was totally VoIP, then I could get by with just OpenSER [01:27] if you were toally SIP you could use OpenSER for all your routing needs. [01:27] if you want voicemail, for example, you need another box (not OpenSER). [01:27] For example, SEMS performs some voicemail functions, as does * [01:28] this is good information [01:28] Not sure I need OpenSER for the offices that I deploy phones for. 8-80 phones [01:29] Perhaps, if you thought of OpenSER as the "core" of the VoIP network and Asterisk at the edge.. [01:29] hmmmm.... [01:29] I've got an FXO card plugged into my * box. Calls go in and out that hardware [01:30] That seems to be the core in my mind. [01:30] The other office is connected to a proviver via SIP [01:30] all your phones could register with an openser box --- then if they need voicemail, the request could be routed to an asterisk box. [01:30] and another office uses T1 [01:30] if they need to hit the PSTN, they could be routed to another asterisk box. [01:31] so, openser has a dialplan like language I presume [01:31] phones in both locations could register with a single openser box. [01:31] their router language [01:32] seems like a great way to scale [01:32] and both offices could use a the same * box for voicemail .... nice .... centralized. [01:32] OpenSER does have a configuration file that it reads on startup. [01:32] is the openser dialplan/router language sophisticated enuf to route to different * boxes, depending upon load? [01:33] check out openser.org :) [01:33] I have [01:33] my config file is pushing 4000 lines of code. [01:33] havent' worked my way thru all the docs yet [01:34] You have given me a very good overview tho and I appreciate your time [01:34] good luck... [01:34] thx [01:34] if you have any other questions, i'll try to help (when i can) [01:36] sure [01:39] NormB (n=NormB@24.115.56.68) left irc: "Leaving" [08:24] patrickv0x (n=patrick@64.235.249.36) joined #openser. [08:24] hi all [09:38] CunningPike (n=CunningP@S010600095b33697f.vc.shawcable.net) left irc: Remote closed the connection [12:08] dynex (n=dynex@c-69-249-83-168.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) joined #openser. [15:05] dynex (n=dynex@c-69-249-83-168.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) left irc: [15:34] blitzrage (n=blitzrag@asterisk/documenteur-extraordinaire/blitzrage) joined #openser. [17:34] dynex (n=dynex@c-69-249-83-168.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) joined #openser. [18:38] Nix (n=Nix@81.213.125.220) joined #openser. 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