[Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!

[Dan]

Nice ideea.
I'll check this and I'll keep you in touch.

BR,
Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Taylor" <jltaylor at mail.metrotel.net>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!


> Carlos,
> You may have something here.
> Dan - you might try to connect via the virtual network adapter to your
"host" machine's hard drive.  (just map a drive) it could be that
"networking" from your "VM" to the host is faster.
> James Taylor
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Carlos Eduardo Cremon <ecremon at uol.com.br>
>
> >  Dan,
> >
> >What type of "virtual harddisk" did you create in your linux vmware
> >virtual machine? As far as I know, the default type is a kind of
> >compressed harddisk image, to save disk space in the host machine.
> >Perhaps that is the answer to have bad performance only in local
> >services, opening local files in vmware: the overhead to decompress.
> >
> >-Eduardo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Dan escreveu:
> >
> >>Nice!
> >>If it can work without connecting it to the power supply, then will be
> >>better..;-)
> >>When we leave the home, I must disconnect from the mains EVERYTHING (the
> >>alarm system and the HA PC are the only accepted exceptions)...
> >>
> >>:-)))
> >>
> >>Dan
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>From: "Simon Woodhead" <woodheads at gonegardening.com>
> >>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> >>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:31 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hey Dan,
> >>>
> >>>Get a http://www.mini-itx.com/ and disguise it as a fruit bowl. She'll
> >>>
> >>>
> >>never
> >>
> >>
> >>>know! I can't wait until someone builds one looking like a shoe or a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>handbag
> >>
> >>
> >>>and then I can have them all over the house and the more I have, the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>happier
> >>
> >>
> >>>the other half will be!!
> >>>
> >>>W
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>From: "Dan" <dtoma at fx.ro>
> >>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> >>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:12 AM
> >>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Roy,
> >>>
> >>>Please do not give me such a solution.
> >>>I know how and where to buy or how to build a very cheap PC (I work in
> >>>
> >>>
> >>this
> >>
> >>
> >>>field).
> >>>I now that this is a cheaper option (to buy or build a new pc), but I
> >>>
> >>>
> >>don't
> >>
> >>
> >>>want another computer running 24/7 in my house.
> >>>It is so difficult to understand that?
> >>>I have a small flat with two rooms. I want to be able to sleep too in
the
> >>>same house.
> >>>My wife for sure will not accept another one...
> >>>
> >>>I feel that it can fully work on my config (allmost it does it now).
> >>>
> >>>It is more challenging to make it work under those circumstances...;-)
> >>>Why to choose everytime the easiest solution available?
> >>>I want to do it for my ..soul...;-)
> >>>
> >>>Best regards,
> >>>Dan
> >>>P.S. I have several PCs available for this, but.. I DON'T WANT TO USE
> >>>
> >>>
> >>THEM!
> >>
> >>
> >>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>From: "Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk" <roy at karlsbakk.net>
> >>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> >>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 12:33 PM
> >>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>IIRC you were given URLs for all sorts of cheapo PCs. Perhaps you've
got
> >>>>an old P90 lying around? Or perhaps someone else has?
> >>>>
> >>>>Use that!
> >>>>Not vmware!
> >>>>If you're to use vmware, do it the other way around - linux host with
> >>>>vmware windoze guest. This works fine for me on my PC.
> >>>>
> >>>>On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 08:49, Dan wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I have succeed using Asterisk on VMWare on an Athlon at 1GB with 128 MB
> >>>>>allocated for the Linux virtual machine.
> >>>>>I have connected this PBX with another one using IAX/GSM. I can call
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>the
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>other part and the sound is great, without any interruption.
> >>>>>The phone used is a Cisco7960 with G.711, so still a codec conversion
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>is
> >>
> >>
> >>>in
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>place (GSM/G.711) and Asterisk/VMWare Wkst performs very well.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The problem is only when I try to call local services, like echo test
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>or
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>Digium Demo. Then, the sound of the informative message for the
Digium
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>Demo
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>is choppy, but the sound from the Digium server (after connection) is
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>very
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>good.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>So.. the problem is only to play local files when in virtual machine
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>(menus,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>informative messages, etc.). Why? It is clear that this is not a
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>computer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>performance issue and/or a timing problem during the codec
conversion.
> >>>>>More, the inband DTMF works like a charm under the virtual machine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>Even
> >>
> >>
> >>>the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>known problem with double digits for Cisco phones dissapear.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>BR,
> >>>>>Dan
> >>>>>P.S. Please do not answer again that this setup cannot work. In this
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>moment
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>I cannot accept such an answer.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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