asterisk users - Nov 2006 - DUNDi Asterisk Cluster

We use only IP connections to our asterisk boxes. Given this our
origination/termination providers
usually send/receive traffic to/from our network on a single IP or
limited number of IPs.

In a DUNDi Asterisk Cluster, would each of the boxes need to be able
to connect to our origination/termination providers directly, or would
we need to setup a common gateway box to forward calls to/from our
providers?

How is this type of routing best handled in an all IP environment?

Thanks,
David

On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 13:09 -0700, David Thomas wrote:
> We use only IP connections to our asterisk boxes. Given this our
> origination/termination providers
> usually send/receive traffic to/from our network on a single IP or
> limited number of IPs.
> 
> In a DUNDi Asterisk Cluster, would each of the boxes need to be able
> to connect to our origination/termination providers directly, or would
> we need to setup a common gateway box to forward calls to/from our
> providers?
> 
> How is this type of routing best handled in an all IP environment?
> 
> Thanks,
> David
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I would set up a separate set of boxes that can directly connect to the
providers.  That gives you separation of services, and if one of those
boxes goes down, you'll have enough saturation to not have to worry
about it.  Having the main boxes do the connections to the providers
adds a level of complexity when you need to bring a new system online.

Just my 2 cents :)
-- 
Aaron Daniel
Computer Systems Technician
Sam Houston State University
amdtech@shsu.edu
(936) 294-4198

> >
> I would set up a separate set of boxes that can directly connect to the
> providers.  That gives you separation of services, and if one of those
> boxes goes down, you'll have enough saturation to not have to worry
> about it.  Having the main boxes do the connections to the providers
> adds a level of complexity when you need to bring a new system online.
>
> Just my 2 cents :)
> --
> Aaron Daniel
Use 2 failover dundi servers within the cluster, point those servers
to the service provider, all other asterisk servers reinvite to the
service provider through the dundi servers.  The service provider has
to allow re-invites, but only authorized from the dundi servers.

JR

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JR Richardson
Engineering for the Masses