[asterisk-users] What would cause a drop between two asterisk systems?

[Hose]

What you say...John Novack (jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org):

> 
> Carlos Alvarez wrote:
> >
> >
> >On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Hose <hose+asterisk at bluemaggottowel.com <mailto:hose+asterisk at bluemaggottowel.com>> wrote:
> >
> >    We have an asterisk frontend terminating all our SIP phones to, and an
> >    asterisk backend with a wildcard PRI card in it connecting to the PTSN.
> >    The frontend handles 99% of dialplan logic and just hands off anything
> >    outgoing to the backend via IAX2, which dials out on one of the open
> >    channels.
> >
> >
> >IAX is buggy.  We've never seen a reliable system using it.  We've given up on it.
> I have seen this assertion from time to time, but never any real details
> 
> There is a world wide network of users who communicate using IAX, and many with PSTN service from providers using IAX. with no complaints
> Can someone please provide meaningful details on what "buggy" really means? Rather than such a sweeping condemnation. If it is so buggy, why isn't it either fixed or discontinued?
> 
> It certainly is much less prone to hacking and abuse than SIP. Probably not due to the protocol design as much as it isn't as universal
> 
> John Novack

I'll keep the SIP option open - never really considered it actually,
just figured the go-to protocol for connecting two * boxes together
would be IAX2. It'd be good for troubleshooting purposes at least to
narrow down issues and compare results.

If anyone else has suggestions, I'm all ears.

hose