[Freeswitch-users] Asterisk to FreeSWITCH migration guide

[Nestor A Diaz]

On 08/10/2011 04:51 AM, Steven Ayre wrote:
> As with Asterisk there's no official GUI, but there are several open 
> source projects providing one. Or you can build your own. A few 
> include blue.box (2800hz project) and FusionPBX.
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Freeswitch_Gui

Hi, i know there is always the possibility to build my own, but that's 
not the point, i prefer something ready to use, i neither use those kind 
of GUIs, those are for my customers, as i always prefer working on a 
command line and i don't have plans to change my mind regarding this.

> As for G729 which you mentioned... do NOT use the Intel IPP codec. It 
> is ILLEGAL unless you have purchased a valid licence for it, which is 
> extremely unlikely. You can support it using a hardware transcoding 
> card (Sangoma), mod_com_g729 (version licensed by FreeSWITCH) and 
> mod_g729 (which is passthrough only, no transcoding but fine for 
> bridging calls).

I know the use of the free g.729 is illegal, but if you want to test it 
without going to production i don't see the reason why i can't use it on 
my batcave.

> chan_mobile's closest match is probably mod_gsmopen. I believe it uses 
> a cable rather than bluetooth though, and is faily new so probably 
> 'experimental'.

Comming from the asterisk world i understand experimental is the same as 
not working, beta = maybe, and first stable means some release behind 
for production environments.  Anyway chan_mobile is a hack module but 
works fine for one or two cell phones.

Anybody have used mod_gsmopen ? does this thing really works ? do you 
have to transfer the dial number tones for making a call ? it that's 
true i still prefer a sip gateway and a cell plant.

I would love to have something like asterisk's chan_sebi running under 
freeswitch (it never works for me on asterisk but the idea is nice, very 
nice)

> IAX2 is supported by mod_opal. As you noted though, it isn't as stable 
> as say mod_sofia.

discarded, i prefer to use asterisk in another machine for that and 
brigde the calls to asterisk via SIP. (see chan_mobiles comments for 
explanation :) )

> For fax handling check the T38 functionality provided by mod_spandsp.
>

T.38 seems good, anybody have been able to make it work with hylafax ?? 
is possible ?

Slds.

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