[Mac-telephony-list] newbie

[Francis Augusto Medeiros via List]

Hello Ben!
On 4 de mar de 2007, at 13:41, Benjamin Kowarsch via List wrote:

> On Mar 3, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Francis Augusto Medeiros via List wrote:
>
>> I bite the bullet today and got
>> myself through eBay a Sipura SPA 3000.
>
> We have a HOWTO article for the SPA3K at:
>
> http://www.sunrisetel.net/software/asterisk/HOWTOs/SPA3K-FXO-and-
> Asterisk.shtml

> Please note that this is a new site which is not yet live, a few
> items are still outstanding.

Great!!!! Thanks a lot!

>
>> 1 - Can I install Asterisk (or openpbx) on my Mac Mini PPC and get
>> G729 working?
>
> Yes, you can. To be legal, you will need to purchase a license from
> Digium though.
>
>> I heard G729 is the best coded for voip these days...
>
> G729 is a low bandwidth codec and as such it is not as good as G711
> (alaw/ulaw). Besides, the industry appears to be moving towards
> wideband codecs for superior sound quality. Even in the low bandwidth
> area, Speex is every bit as good as G729 and Speex is open and free.
>
> My advice, use G729 only if you can't avoid it.

It seems that most devices (Like SPA 3000 or my Nokia E61) lack Speex  
or other open source codec, right?


>> 2 - My DSL provider blocks some incoming connections - I can overcome
>> that choosing a higher numbered port for incoming, so dyndns works,
>> right? Also, running it behind a NAT is no issue, or is it?
>
> It depends on what you intend to do. Running a SIP service behind NAT
> is certainly not recommended. Running a SIP client behind NAT is
> manageable, although some SOHO routers don't always play nice. OTOH,
> if you use IAX then NAT is of no concern.

It will have to be that way, unfortunately, as I will run * (or  
openpbx when Afelio is ready) on a Mac Mini behind my Linksys router...


>> 3 - How easy is it to configure on a Mac? Is the sunrise gui for
>> openpbx ready?
>
> see website

Done that, can't wait to test it!!!!


>> 4 - Are there examples about how to configure dialplans and all that?
>> I'd like to make it easy to call, but at the same time to have many
>> options available, such as connecting to FWD, gizmo, another sip
>> provider, etc, as well as super simple to use my PSTN...
>
> Voip-Info.org has the largest collection of recipes and examples.

Ok

>> 5 - Security - creating only extensions that will be authenticated
>> prevents other people of using my pstn, right? Or is there an extra
>> measure I should take?
>
> make sure you don't use the default context (reject every call that
> lands in default), never use plaintext passwords, ideally use secure
> tunnels.

Thanks a lot Ben... I'll do some experimenting later... I will  
probably install it today - pbxes.org is driving me a bit nuts...

Cheers,

Francis