[Asterisk-Users] IAXy reliability issues

[Jim Van Meggelen]

asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> Paul Fielding wrote:
>> Hmmm.... I could certainly see that being the issue.  If it is the
>> issue, though, then I think it's something that needs to be
>> addressed. 
>> 
>> In my opinion, Digium needs to address it, as well as the whole
>> provisioning via cli thing.  I know Asterisk itself is a CLI oriented
>> piece of software, but the more one can do do decrease configuration
>> timing and issues the better off one is.   I think it would be a
>> benefit to allow the IAXy to be programmed via web interface.
>> 
>> For that matter, from what I can tell via my own experimentation, it
>> appears that you cannot use DNS to define the asterisk server to it.
>> This is bad, since it means that if the IP of the asterisk server
>> changes, you need to directly reprovision *all* of your IAXy
>> devices.... 
>> 
>> For a new product, it has potential, hopefully these things will be
>> addressed....
> 
> The IAXy does not have the CPU, RAM, or Flash to be able to add any
> significant features.  I think it has 4k or RAM and 4k of
> Flash.

Well, that certainly limits it's useful future. A neat toy, with limited
market potential.

I'd certainly like to hear about it's successor, then, because any kind
of IAX-based ATA is something that would seem to have a future with
Asterisk.


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