[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk on MacOS?

[Martin Joseph]

On Mar 6, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Colin Anderson wrote:

> http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php? 
> page=Asterisk%20MacOSX%20Support
>
> It works but it's bitchy as hell to run because of "root" issues in  
> OSX.
I wonder what the above "root issues" means?
>  I run it on my Mini. Zaptel is not supported. You have to use an  
> external
> gateway of some kind. Zaptel development support is stalled, most  
> likely
> because of the Intel thing, the guys working on it are (rightly so)  
> waiting
> to see how the new Macs pan out.
Actually they are working on a Unicall implementation instead.
> In theory it should be cake to port the
> driver to an Intel mac and hopefully you can take a stock card and  
> plug it
> in, but for now, only a SIP/FXS/FXO gateway is the most practical way.
Yes,  that's so,  although I personally think that might be preferable  
in general as external gateways eliminate many configuration issues and  
make the setup more swappable for service purposes. ie you don't have  
to power a server down to swap one...