[Asterisk-Users] WRTG54GS Capacity

[Daniel Salama]

It sounds nice, but, how many calls can you get on the NSLU2? Say the  
SIP phones are talking either G711.u or GSM only and the IAX trunk is  
GSM only.

Thanks,
Daniel

On Jun 15, 2006, at 4:15 AM, Tim Panton wrote:

>
> On 15 Jun 2006, at 02:59, Daniel Salama wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how many simultaneous calls can a WRTG54GS  
>> handle? Assuming SIP phones are connected locally using G711.u  
>> codec and the WRTG54GS connects to a remote Asterisk server using  
>> IAX2 trunking using GSM codec.
>
> Very few (2 perhaps) - You will be transcoding on the  WRTG54.
> On that sort of box you need to stick to a single codec. In your  
> case I guess GSM.
> If you want to transcode, you will need a bigger cpu.
>
> If your phones support it, I'd use GSM everywhere, since your original
> problem was bandwidth.
>
> Do take a look at the OpenSlug on the nslu2 - The nice thing
> about the 'Slug' is that you can add a USB harddrive for swap and
> voicemail, so it is more 'expandable' than the WRTG54
>
> I should warn you I have never tried trunking IAX on my slug,
> I will do at some point....
>
> Tim.
>
> Tim Panton
> tim at mexuar.com
>
>
>
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