> On Jan 7, 2022, at 7:49 AM, Torsten Duwe <d...@lst.de> wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 17:09:19 -0700 > Philip Prindeville <philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com> wrote: > >> Anyone have documentation on getting started? >> Or strong arguments to use Freeswitch over Asterisk or vice versa? > > My personal impression is that the mature Asterisk is good at combining > POTS with VoIP, with very limited support for video, whereas the rather > new FreeSwitch focuses on VoIP, has some ambitions towards video > conferencing (Big Blue Button prefers it, FWIW), and seems to have > limited support for POTS. > > Around 2019 I had to switch from Asterisk to FreeSwitch because Deutsche > Telekom is rather picky about their DNS setup; you must use their SRV > records, otherwise phone service will fail in an obscure way, > occasionally. Only FreeSwitch was able to do the proper DNS SRV lookup. > I also found that it handles the forced DSL disconnects very gracefully. > > FreeSwitch is being quite actively developed, and documentation (mostly > the wiki) lags behind, more or less, so RTFS was inevitable back then. > > Torsten
Bruce & Torsten: what packages/resources/functions, etc. do you enable in Asterisk? There's a bazillion of them... And which ones to stay away from because of their potential security exposure? Thanks, -Philip _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
