[asterisk-users] FreeRadius or A2Billing , which is the better choice of Asterisk for billing?

[Bruce Nik]

With Radius you may try to reinvent the wheel. A2Billing support many
different scenarios already and is the most elaborate billing system for
Asterisk today. I found a quick install script here:

http://a2billing2asterisk.googlepages.com



On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Zhang Shukun <bitzsk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks!
>
> now, i learn the  freeradius for asterisk. one thing i can't understand is
> that when a call start , is Asterisk send cdr to
>
> radius automatic or need to fetch the cdr from radius? if you can tell me
> some docs relates to the configuration or principle
>
> of freeradius for asterisk. it's very kind of you! i searched in google.
> but seems very few pages about this.
>
> 2009/12/21 Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>
>
> On 12/21/2009 03:22 AM, Zhang Shukun wrote:
>>
>> >      i have installed Asterisk 1.6.0.17. i want to use freeradius for
>> > the billing system. do you know where is the file dictionary.asterisk
>> > located?
>>
>> In the source tarball, it is located in contrib/dictionary.digium.
>>
>> If you installed a binary distribution package, the location depends on
>> the package.  It may not even be included in the package, but may
>> instead reside in an auxiliary "contrib" package.  This is at the
>> discretion of the maintainer(s).
>>
>> > in addition, FreeRadius or A2Billing , which is the best billing
>> > system for Asterisk. and why?
>>
>> That question cannot be meaningfully answered without more extensive
>> details about your requirements and/or intended use of it.  There are
>> many billing systems out there that fit a large variety of needs,
>> depending on what the product is, who the users are, what the size of
>> the user base is, the scalability requirements, the interface
>> requirements, etc.
>>
>> --
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>> Evariste Systems
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> --
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> Sucan
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