Chris Bradshaw
2005-Jul-07 06:50 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] [Q]: Asterisk + gnugk + BRI ISDN as H.323/ISDN gateway?
Hi.... I am currently using gnugk (www.gnugk.org) as a H.323 gatekeeper/proxy, mostly for our video conferencing devices. What I would now like to do is add ISDN functionality to this and make our H.323 gatekeeper box also function as an ISDN <---> H.323 gateway so that H.323 endpoints can call ISDN devices, and vice versa. I currently have 3 BRI ISDN lines, but in order to use them I have to connect them to a specific video conf unit which supports ISDN (not all of our VC units do) and I also need to repatch the lines to wherever the unit is needed....I would like to eliminate this by plugging the BRI lines into the gateway and making ISDN connectivity available to all our VC units (both ISDN and non ISDN units.....they all support H.323). I had thought of using asterisk to take incoming ISDN calls and relay them as H323 to our gatekeeper/proxy. I was just wondering if anyone could help me with the following: 1. Is this possible with Asterisk + gnugk? 2. If so, can anyone recommend a multiport (preferrably 4 ports) BRI ISDN card which will work with asterisk? 3. Can asterisk do channel bonding so that multiple BRI ISDN can be used together for a video conference? Would this channel bonding work in both directions (i.e. H.323 --> ISDN and ISDN --> H.323)? If anyone has done this and has a working config, I would be most grateful for a copy. Thanx muchly in advance for any help. Chris Bradshaw.