asterisk users - Dec 2003 - asterisk - scalable ?

Hi all,

How scalable is asterisk ?

I am considering using asterisk as a VoIP platform/gateway between Internet
and PSTN (switches) to offer services to home customers. What goes along
with it is eventually a lot of users - upto thousands probably. Is load
balancing possible with multiple asterisk boxes ? Does anyone have any sort
of info/experience with such projects ? How would asterisk cope with such
load.

Asterisk offers conferencing (meetme). The conference rooms as such dont
have any user verification, setting up passwords etc. Has anyone implemented
anything like that ?

regards,

Dave

Dawid Mielnik <> wrote:
 
> How scalable is asterisk ?
> 
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> Asterisk offers conferencing (meetme). The conference rooms as such
> dont have any user verification, setting up passwords etc. Has anyone
> implemented anything like that ?  
> 
Asterisk has an authenticate method, which you could use just before you
put the person into the meetme room (in extensions.conf).  I'm sure
there are better ways, but just rest assured, yes, there is a way to
password protect a conference room.
> regards,
> 
> Dave
Hope this helps,
David Gomillion