[Asterisk-Users] IAXy - anyone using them yet?

[Martin Keding]

In my option this is a big fat Cisco problem. I can almost guarantee that is
has to do with auto-negotiate settings on the Cisco. Cisco is notorious with
this issue and tons of products out there. In fact, Cisco tech support will
most often tell you turn off auto-neg and hard code the port, even if it is
connected to another Cisco device! You would think that the worlds largest
vendor for switches would have this right.

Martin 



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Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] IAXy - anyone using them yet?


Michael Graves wrote:

> Maybe I'm missing the point, but IAXy doesn't relate to the Cisco 
> switch at all. I don't view IAXy as a product to compete with SPA-x000 
> devices. IAXy is a little bit of magic that extends the usefullness of 
> Asterisk. Truthfully, IAX2 is the magic...IAXy is just one end of the 
> wire when * is the other.

	When an iAXY can't establish an Ethernet link with a Cisco switch, I

see that as a relation (and a problem).  I don't know how they aren't 
competing.  Remote FXO endpoints available?:

iAXY
Sipura
Grandstream
Cisco

> That I can provide an IAX2 based transport that punches through NAT 
> devices is simply marvelous. That it's a "dumb"-ish device is ok as I 
> don't need it to do anything fancy. That's what my diaplan is for.

	I know that this is an Asterisk list, but I was mearly trying to
point 
out some of the short-falls with the iAXY.  I was VERY excited to get 
one, I ordered it before any other piece of VOIP hardware.  It was just 
very limited.  It's not that it doesn't have it's place, I just can't 
tell where it is.  Why would you pay more for less features?  Also, all 
of my Sipura's are behind NATs and work perfectly.  The SIP NAT problem 
can be overcome.

> The big advantage is being IAX2 based. That's key. Nothing else 
> competes.

	IAX2 is superior to SIP in some situations, but I don't think that a

device using IAX is better than a competitor just because it uses IAX. 
A Sipura that has the same features, compatibility, but uses IAX?  Sure, 
I would take it over a SIP based Sipura any day.  They just don't exist 
(obviously), and the iAXY is severely lacking in the features department.

> BTW, I own several SPA-2000 and an SPA-3000. The SPA-3000 in 
> particular is way too complex for what I need to do with it and 
> Asterisk.
> 
> Michael
> --

	If the SPA's are too complex, you can always configure them without 
looking at the "advanced" admin page... :)  The SPA-3000 really can't be 
compared to the iAXY, the SPA-3000 goes above and beyond what most 
endpoints do.

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