[Asterisk-Users] IAXphone -> ip address -> extension number.

[Rich Adamson]

> >>>If you don't mind, can you explain me a little more the ztcfg problem. My
> >>>experience with that is null, but I need to setup a box for testing purposes
> >>>only, and I don't want to but a TDM card only for make it work.
> >>>
> >>>I know people that has asterisk running on SIP that don't use zaptel &
> >>>Zapata just they do sip also to their provider (which is not my my case) but
> >>>I never did that.
> >>>
> >>>So I plan to install it with Ztdummy on top of FC2.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >
> >FWIW, I've been running asterisk on a RHv9 laptop (for client demo 
> >purposes), connecting it via iax to our office system, and never
> >worried about ztdummy, etc. Obviously, the laptop has no zap cards.
> >This demo never includes meetme, etc.
> >
> >  
> >
> I'm not actually surprised. In the Makefile you'll see somewhere around 
> line 61 that ztdummy is commented out and, if you *want* ztdummy, you 
> should remove the "#" before running make linux26.
> However, if you follow through the use of the variable names, you will 
> see that ztdummy is suffiex anyway so whether you comment it in or out, 
> ztdummy gets compiled.
> It would me interesting to do an "lsmod | grep z" on your laptop to see 
> if zaptel & ztdummy are loaded.
> 
> 
> >I also have a backup system (to our office system) running RHv9, and
> >it connects and functions just fine to the primary office system
> >via iax. Sip phones work fine on this backup system as well.
> >
> >That backup system was just recently replaced with an FC3 system, and
> >I have no doubt whatsoever it will function just fine without zap
> >cards although that system has not yet been configured or tested.
> >
> >So, don't be too concerned with making ztdummy (etc) function unless
> >you truly want to support those asterisk apps that need it (eg, meetme
> >and whatever else the wiki points out).
> >
> >  
> >
> (I seem to remember IAX needed timing, which is why I was on the ztdummy 
> mission - no cards in my testbox either.)

Okay, just fired up the laptop and it registered with our office
system just fine using iax2. 

The laptop is RHv9 with cvs-head from 4/25/05 with no modifications of
any sort. The lsmod lists zaptel only, Used = 0, and no ztdummy listed.