[Asterisk-Users] SER or not to SER?

[Darren Sessions]

We use SER + Asterisk. One heck of a powerful combination.


On Oct 21, 2004, at 11:59 AM, Nahuel Alejandro Ramos wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>   I have some doubt about use or not to use SER.
>   I need a solution using a single linux box that manages, aproximatly
> 500-1000 registred SIP users, but not more than 50 simultaneouly
> calls. My plan is to use between 3 to 5 Cisco 26xx PSTN gateway in
> diferents cities of my country (Argentine) connected through Internet
> (with public IP).
>   I was searching for SER solutions (and works perfectly) but it does
> not support Prepaid Billing. So I post a message (on SerUsers
> maillist) and everybody said me to use Asterisk to use a Prepaid
> Billing App., so I install Asterisk.
>   I "googled", read this maillist (and post some message) and I
> receive some helpful answers recomending me to install ASTCC, so I
> install it too and work perfectly too.
>   My questions (if someone could help me) are :
>    1) What platform (hardware) do I need to support my call flow
> (500-1000 registers and 50 simultaneouly calls)?
>    2) Do I need to install SER?
>    3) If YES, do I need to register my SIP clients on SER and forward
> all the calls to Asterisk?
>    3) If NO, do I need to register my SIP clients on Asterisk and
> forward all the calls to SER?
>    4) Can I use only Asterisk to REGISTER, AUTH, ACC, ROUTE CALLS,
> etc, SIP clients?
>    5) Could I use extension.conf file to route my calls to my
> diferents Cisco PSTN GW?
>    6) And how can I use MySQL instead of file? (I have created the DB
> and tables but I do not know how to make Asterisk use it instead the
> extension.conf file)
>    7) I found easy to use only Asterisk, but I have read that it uses
> to much CPU and memory, is that true?
>    8) Could anyone some me information about how to configure Asterisk
> to receive calls through Cisco PSTN GW?
>    9) THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!
>
>            Nahuel Ramos.
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