[asterisk-users] Asterisk on VMware Workstation 6

[Steven Howes]

Hi,

Agreed. Asterisk on a VM appears to work sometimes, only if magic is  
involved. It is not the way to run anything for a business.

Steve

On 25 Sep 2008, at 02:36, Dean Collins wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Buy an asterisk appliance like http://www.taa.com/products-vdex-40.html 
>  problem solved.
>
> If you are worried about good call quality it’s either a dedicated  
> pc or a dedicated appliance, one or the other.
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dean
>
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> ] On Behalf Of Michael J. Liberatore
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2008 8:28 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on VMware Workstation 6
>
> Hi, i am running a small personal asterisk server for my business,  
> and instead of getting a dedicated machine to run linux which would  
> waste power and money i decided to run it on my windows xp sp2  
> machine.  The machine is barely used but it does have some crucial  
> programs i need to run in windows so reformating or dual booting is  
> not an option.
>
> Its basically a iax2 connection to my voip provider and a sip  
> connection to my phone.  It does work well, but the calls especially  
> the voicemail are all garbarled alot.  Its definetly not the  
> provider or internet connection because i use this provider for many  
> clients asterisk setups and i also even setup a temp. asterisk setup  
> on this very pc to test to make sure it was infact vmware causing  
> the problem.
>
> I upgraded from vmware player to the latest vmware workstation  
> hoping that would fix the problem since its a better system but it  
> hasnt.  I also installed and compiled the vmware tools when  i  
> installed workstation version.
>
> Is this a known issue with vmware?  Is there a way to correct the  
> issue either on the windows/vmware side or on the asterisk/linux  
> side?  Any other ways to do this project?  i looked into astwind or  
> something but either couldnt get it to work or it was unreliable.
>
> thanks
>
> mike
>
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