Introducing myself

Thu Sep 23 23:19:44 EDT 2004

Mark, just get an iaxtel.com account and that should
suffice for a demo. We'll be able to call 1 800's and
other 700 numbers. Should take only minutes to setup. 

--- Mark Musone <mmusone at shatterit.com> wrote:

> Actually, I'll go ahead and setup iax for external
> communications..
> 
> For internal communications, I'll need 2 ip
> addresses, one for the SIP
> adapter, and one for the actual box.
> 
> This way I can get around any networking issues
> using iax, but
> internally it'll be SIP, so that I can show how the
> majority of the real
> world uses voip..
> 
> (if this is even the topic that people want)
> 
> So the general voip connections will be:
> 
> Analog Phone <----> ATA Device <---> Asterisk 
> <-(internet)---> IAX
> Server on the net <----> VOIP Provider <----> PSTN
> 
> 
> Let me know if this is what people want. I need to
> spend the next couple
> of days setting it up. I don't want to waste my time
> if people are not
> interested.
> 
> 
> -Mark
>  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nflug at nflug.org
> [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
> Dennis Ruzeski
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:11 PM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: RE: Introducing myself
> 
> Wow- Where to begin....
> 
> 1- IP masquerading != firewall
> 2- If all you have is a nat box of some type it
> should be trivial to
> open a port to allow an IP behind the nat the
> required communication
> without having any impact on the windows systems and
> servers behind it. 
> 3- Even if a legitimate stateful firewall is in
> place, it's still
> trivial to edit the ruleset to allow the required
> communication without
> disrupting anything else.
> 4- Asterisk can't just 'initiate' a communication
> with the internet. If
> it's an IP Telephony demo that people want to see,
> then how would
> inbound calls come in? The pstn/voip gateway needs a
> real routable IP
> address to call.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Meyer [mailto:meyer_rm at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:49 PM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: RE: Introducing myself
> Importance: Low
> 
> 
> Well, we really can't make the firewall go away. 
> Something about
> windows boxes
> on the network and the need to be able to firewall
> the servers that are
> out
> there.
> 
> Sorry, can't do much about that.  Why is it that
> Asterisk won't work
> through a
> firewall?  Can't the initiator set up a
> bi-directional connection
> without
> having to be able to connect back on a return
> channel?  Most firewalls
> block
> initiators and just about everyone out there that
> has any kind of client
> machine will be masqueraded behind some kind of
> firewall.  I find it
> hard to
> believe that asterisk is written such that it can't
> work in a standard
> environment.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Bob
> --- Mark Musone <mmusone at shatterit.com> wrote:
> 
> > I can bring in an asterisk box, as long as theres
> network
> connectivity.
> > Every time we try to do some demo, network
> connectivity is
> non-existant
> > at best. If I can be assured connectivity, (i.e.
> real IP address, no
> > firewall) I'll bring in the box.. 
> > 
> > -Mark
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nflug at nflug.org
> [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > Robert Meyer
> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:10 PM
> > To: nflug at nflug.org
> > Subject: Re: Introducing myself
> > 
> > Welcome to the group, Matt!  Our meetings are
> typically the third
> Sunday
> > of the
> > month (this month is the fourth Sunday the 26th). 
> Meeting format is
> > pretty
> > loose.  We like to have plenty of time for folks
> to talk to each other
> > and
> > explore common interests.  Typically we try to
> have someone do a talk
> or
> > demonstration on a topic that a lot of people are
> interested in.
> > 
> > So far, we don't have a clear idea what people
> want to see this month.
> > Come
> > on, folks.  Pipe up.  I've only heard about
> wanting to know more about
> > asterisk
> > and home automation.
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > Bob
> > --- Matt Brown <matt at brownbuffalo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I've been lurking on this group for a while .. I
> found you guys when
> I
> > 
> > > was searching for a Linux Users group in the WNY
> area.
> > > 
> > > My linux experience has mostly been over the
> last 6 months. I'm just
> 
> > > about converted .. with only one computer on
> Windows 98, and all the
> 
> > > others on Redhat. I even have Redhat on my
> wife's laptop, and 
> > > sucessfully using a wi-fi connection to the
> wireless router.
> > > 
> > > My job at work is supporting MS Sql Server,
> Oracle, and various 
> > > applications. We've been playing with Linux a
> bit here at work,
> along 
> > > with Apache, PHP and MySQL. I helped set up a
> PHPNuke site for my
> > group 
> > > to share information and events.
> > > 
> > > I'm also an amateur radio operator and have a
> machine running linux
> > for 
> > > my IRLP (Internet Radio Linking) node. You can
> read more about it at
> > my 
> > > website at http://brownbuffalo.com
> > > 
> > > As for the meeting on Sunday, I'm looking
> forward to being there -- 
> > > this will be my first one. Could anyone tell me
> what the format of
> the
> > 
> > > meeting is like? Is there a program or
> presentation?
> > > 
> 
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