[Asterisk-Users] Re: Webmin for ASTERISK and QOS and call quality

[Kristian Kielhofner]

Thomas Hutton wrote:
> Mr Kielhofner, you answer nothing, while adding to the noise you
> complain about.  
> 
> Googling for information on the webmin module leads to nothing.  The
> webmin module on the digium FTP site is worthless.  Can somebody talk
> Jamie Cameron into writing one?
> 
> Most people will tell you that gsm or ILBC is acceptable quality.  If
> you want to run 20 simultaneous conversations, reserving 1 Megabit is
> more than sufficient.  
> 
> As for LDAP, search for that on the Wiki.
> http://voip-info.org/tiki-searchresults.php?words=LDAP&where=pages&search=go
> 
> Thomas Hutton
> 

Mr. Hutton,

	I was simply trying to illustrate the point that if every single person 
that downloaded * and installed it went straight to the list with every 
BASIC question we ALL would be very overwhelmed.  If the list were the 
sole source of information on asterisk, the people working on the docs 
project, the wiki etc. could all stop wasting their time.

	The docs project and the wiki are SUPERB sources of information for 
everything that the OP was asking about (and much, much more).  I was 
telling him that if he were to type any of those queries into google, 
read what was returned to him (most likely from the wiki), he would have 
his answer right then and there, instead of waiting for someone on the 
list to answer or go look it up for him.

	There is an old saying about catching fish vs. teaching how to fish 
that applies here.  I am sure that google knows about that one as well.

	I don't in any way want to sound like an elitist, but I had about 200 
hours in working with * (and reading) before I ever made my first post 
to the list.  I recognized that the people on the list take their spare 
time to help me (and others) when I (they) need it.  I learned all that 
I could on my own out of respect for them and their time.  In addition, 
I now know where to look should I have more questions, or am answering 
someone else's (like on the list).  Someone once said that they couldn't 
figure out how people could find the list and not stumble across this 
kind of basic info in the process.  I totally agree.

	This would be a good time for me to thank everyone on the list, the 
wiki, and all the developers.  Really, thanks a lot.  Asterisk is the 
most exciting thing since I found Linux!

	Back to the original thread.  I understand that English is probably not 
the OP's first language.  This is fine.  I answered every question that 
I could reasonably understand, and I didn't want to confuse him more by 
throwing acronyms, etc. at him.  I merely wanted him to go back and 
think about what he really meant, and hopefully in doing so realize that 
everything that he wanted to know is already out there for the asking 
(via google, etc.).

	Furthermore, I think that Asterisk is more deserving of it's own 
complete web environment, fulling integrating voice mail, user access, 
and admin access.  Webmin probably isn't suitable for that.

	As for bandwidth:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Asterisk+bandwidth+usage&btnG=Google+Search

	Because I don't want to clog the list with more never-ending 
discussions that seem to be so popular lately, I probably won't reply to 
this thread any longer.  I feel that I have gotten my point across.

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Kristian Kielhofner