Fwd: [Serusers] Do ser + asterisk_b2bua work ? - sr-users

23 Feb 2005

Dear Iqbal:
Thank you very much. I just want to plan a prepaid function in my scenario.
And wanna test a tool (asterisk / b2bua of vovida).
So I need another sound about what is the further.

Anyway, thank you for your valuable experience.

Charles

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:19:25 GMT, Iqbal &lt;iqbal(a)gigo.co.uk&gt; wrote:
...

 um...dont understand, SER doesnt/shouldnt manage all.

 Also ammendmen to post below, asterisk_b2bua below is not asterisk and
 from teh cursory glance i took it looks like as if it needs radius..

 Iqbal

 On 2/22/2005, "Walter Willis" &lt;walterwn(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

 b2bua work with "SER"???

but the ser manager all.

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:52:01 GMT, Iqbal &lt;iqbal(a)gigo.co.uk&gt; wrote:

 could ask this on asterisk :-) but answers inline

 On 2/22/2005, "Charles Wang" &lt;lazy.charles(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

 Dear ALL:

I find a program named "asterisk_b2bua" on
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/b2bua/

And I also download them(two components) and try to test it.

But I have not enough knowledge about asterisk. It seems a Software PBX.
Does asterisk_b2bua work? Does anybody ever try it? 
 worked with asterisk, but this seems like a stripped version so I havent
 used this, and it seems in pre alpha stage so not sure about it

I have questions about my scenario.

                   |======================> UA2          (Internet)
                   |
UA1 ===> SER ===> Asterisk B2BUA ===> Trunking A (PSTN)
                                             |
                                             |
                      CDR + Prepaid + Handle Calls(Tear-down when call
during limited)
                                             |
                                             |
                                   Authentication ( Radius / DB )

Q1. Will Asterisk's B2BUA pass through the "To" (such as
      0939749xxx(a)ser.xxx.net.tw PSTN number) to Trunking A?
      In another word, is the B2BUA not necessary to rewrite the phone number?
  yup, you use extensions in asterisk, but use default catchall ._ to take
 all your calls and then route them out to ur pstn provider

 Q2. How can B2BUA know when to tear-down this call
if the call has some limits.
      For example, UA1 has only 120 seconds to use this International call.
  Because the rtp should go via the b2bua, and it is taking care of the
 billing so it knows how long the call has been in progress.

 Q3. Is it necessary for Radius Authentication? Is
it possible if no
radius exists
      and SER and Asterisk use the same MySQL database. 
 You can make them all exists, I dropped radius early one, it didnt seem
 to add much benefit to what I was doing, mysql seemed to do it all, no
 point adding radius although some billing software does like to use
 radius records, so it all depends on how ur billing.

 Asterisk by default uses its own DB, but this can be changed, but I am
 thinking that it might be better to keep them separate, because then ser
 DB can be moved off onto a diff machine, and u can use asterisk to
 maintain billing and keep that separate...ur accounst dept will want
 that guarded :-)

Q4. What do I need to download and setup when I use Asterisk
      to start this prepaid compoment? The first one shall be
asterisk-1.0.5.tar.gz.
      Maybe some Mysql supported scripts or installaion. And any more?? 
 Just asterisk, not sure what the latest release is, am installing new
 version this week, so if I get round to it, I'll give feedback

 Iqbal

Best Regard
Charles

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