[Asterisk-Users] * and Verisign SIP-7 service

Kevin P. Fleming kpfleming at starnetworks.us
Sat Oct 30 07:42:19 MST 2004


Stewart Nelson wrote:

> MCGP is a master-slave protocol.  The master is referred to as a
> "Call Agent", a "Media Gateway Controller", or just a "softswitch".
> This is the role that Asterisk can play.  The slave is a "Media
> Gateway", an "MGCP phone", an "MGCP ATA", or just an "endpoint".
> Asterisk cannot presently act as a slave.

Thanks for clearing that up... as I said in my message, I'd never even 
looked at MGCP. Now at least I know a little more about it :-)



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