asterisk users - Oct 2006 - Asterisk architecure

Dear all,

I've recently installed Asterisk and am trying to understand where exactly 
Asterisk 'fits' in my VOIP architecture. Can/does Asterisk work as a
proxy.
I am specifically interested in SIP. Could anyone perhaps point me out to a 
diagram with SIP users and Asterisk to better understand how I should set up 
my network?

Thank you

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jez . a ?crit :
> Dear all,
> 
> I've recently installed Asterisk and am trying to understand where 
> exactly Asterisk 'fits' in my VOIP architecture. Can/does Asterisk
work
> as a proxy. I am specifically interested in SIP. Could anyone perhaps 
> point me out to a diagram with SIP users and Asterisk to better 
> understand how I should set up my network?
> 
> Thank you

Hi,

     You can find some interesting diagram here :
http://www.tech-invite.com/Ti-sip-dialog.html

Other diagrams more "architecture ortiented" :
http://lehmann.free.fr/divers/SIP%20tutorial.pdf
slides 32 and after.
The document is not mine :)

If you want something more specific to Asterisk's architecture, I 
recommand you this book : 
http://www.eyrolles.com/Informatique/Livre/9780596009625/livre-asterisk.php

Bye
Guillaume Lehmann