[asterisk-users] IAXy device

[Sean Dennis]

bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> I have been chocked just when I saw some posts talking
> about how much the IAXy is bad :) - 
>
> So I would like to ask, did any one try it later and
> wether it is good or not? I am asking this because I
> need to use it as it is NAT Transparent (as I read
> also, and I did not try it to see how much it is
> transparent).
>
> What about codec? Why it is only support g711 and does
> not support compressed codec? And what about the IP
> address and the DNS usage and the DDNS usage?
>
> What main porblems contain and any advise?
>
> Regards
> Bilal
>
>
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The device has no echo cancellation and sounds horrible (lots of echo) 
on about half of the analog phones I tried it on.  I wouldn't recommend 
it unless you absolutely need IAX. It's also very expensive for a 1 port 
ATA.