[Asterisk-Users] Ser vs Asterisk?

[Olle E. Johansson]

Rich Adamson wrote:
>>>Could someone give me a 10,000 foot view of what the differences are
>>>between Ser and Asterisk?
>>
>>Asterisk is a PBX that you can use to connect SIP clients to the PSTN
>>or voicemail /IVR applications.
>>
>>SER is a SIP proxy that connects SIP clients to each other.
>>
>>Asterisk handles all media streams through the asterisk server,
>>SER handles no media streams at all - it's up to the SIP clients to
>>set up the media between themselves.
>>
>>So in an installation with many users, my preferred choice would be to
>>have both - they're solving different problems.
> 
> 
> Can they both exist on the same system and communicate with some degree
> of stability?
Both listen to UDP 5060 for SIP messages, so you'll have to use two IP-numbers
and make sure both only listen to 5060 on one of the IP-numbers... Asterisk does not yet
use TCP port 5060, a missing and already discussed piece of Asterisk.

/O