[asterisk-users] The purpose of DUNDi

[Remco Post]

Rilawich Ango wrote:
> How about if both ServerA and ServerB houses extensions 500 throught
> 699.  Such that users can dynamically register Server A or Server B.
> Can we use DUNDi to implement such network?
> 

yes. Use regexten and regcontext and have dundi look into that context
to see if an extension is available. The actual call doesn't need to go
trough that context.

This is the way to go for HA clusters.

> On 5/9/07, Alex Robar <alex.robar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ronaldo,
>>
>> Yes, you can use DUNDi for this. DUNDi simply advertises routes that a
>> given
>> server can terminate to its peers. As a very simple example, if ServerA
>> houses extensions 500 through 599 and ServerB houses extensions 600
>> through
>> 699, ServerA would advertise that it can terminate 5XX, and ServerB would
>> advertise that it can terminate 6XX. When any peer in your DUNDi cloud
>> requests how to terminate extension 502, ServerA will return a route to
>> itself that will allow that call to be made.
>>
>> There's a nice article on the Texas AUG site about setting up DUNDi with
>> dynamic extensions (
>> http://txaug.net/storage/users/3/3/images/17/Using%20DUNDi%20with%20a%20Cluster%20of%20Asterisk%20Servers.pdf
>>
>> ).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alex Robar
>>
>> On 5/9/07, Ronaldo <ronaldoafonso at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I'm planning to deploy many Asterisk servers for remote sites connected
>> > through IAX. Behind each server, there will be many sip clients
>> > connected. A sip client from one site must be able to make calls for
>> the
>> > other sip clients connected to the other remote Asterisk servers. I've
>> > heard that DUNDi is a good option in order for each Asterisk server to
>> > locate the right (or the best) routes for the sip clients.
>> > Is DUNDi really used for that?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance ...
>> >
>> > Ronaldo.
>> >
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