[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 801 and rcapi

[James Harper]

> >
> > The more I look, the more I think that the bintec protocol might be
the
> > one required to talk to the Cisco anyway. Do you have those patches
> > somewhere?
> 
> I have placed the patched libcapi20 sources (libcapi20.tgz) on the
public
> ftp server ftp://isdn4linux.org/pub/capi4linux

Thanks!

> It works pretty good with the rcapid (bintec-router emulator) on the
> remote
> side. I never tested it with a real bintec router, because I don't
have
> one.
> Maybe it will not work with the real hardware, because the
> authentification
> is not implemented yet.
> This libcapi20 support normal /dev/capi20 and the remote version, just
> create a file ~/.capi20rc to set the remote station. See README.

I've had a quick look at it... can you use local (kernel) capi devices
and remote devices on the one machine?

> 
> You can also use one Linux Server running CAPI cards with rcapid and
have
> your Asterisk/OpenPBX with chan_capi on another maschine...

I assume you've tried that configuration then... can you comment on the
performance and reliability? How does the system as a whole cope if the
rcapi server goes down?

Thanks

James