[App_rpt-users] Fwd: Suitability of boot media

[Shane Morris]

Just as a point of interest, could you use the AllStar SIP service for
commercial (ie, non amateur) applications?

However, your configuration you describe is pretty much what I envisage...

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Don Hackler <donh at sigma.net> wrote:
>
> While improved security is a factor, the main reason for separate installs
> is that AllStar/app_rpt runs on a forked asterisk distribution based on
> Asterisk 1.4
> and PAIF runs on much later Asterisk versions.  Asterisk 1.8 is the oldest
> stable distro for PAIF you would want to run on a new install.
>
> The main reason for the fork is that AllStar/apt_rpt runs on the Zaptel
> framework and the newer Asterisk versions don't support Zaptel.
> The app_rpt that is in the current Asterisk distributions was pretty much
> abandoned in place.
>
> PAIF offers a much nicer web-gui PBX operation and is substantially easier
> to run for general purpose PBX situations.
> Out of the box, PAIF has several dozen nice features already running while
> the Acid/AllStar distro is very much a totally stripped down basic command
> line
> driven system.
>
> If all you are going to do is glue a couple of radios together and maybe
> hook up one SIP trunk, then just use the ACID AllStar distro.
> It's fine for that, preferably using the AllStar SIP trunk service, since
> the configuration is well known and it's inexpensive.
>
> I run several PAIF installations all tied together in a fairly large
> network, serving SIP phones at several locations.
> The single ACID AllStar distro running on a dedicated box appears to my
> larger network as a single extension that happens to be a radio.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2013, at 3:28 PM, pete M <petem001 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> What would this kind of setup give aside more security?
>
> Envoyé de mon iPad
>
> Le 17 Feb 2013 à 17:45, "Don Hackler" <donh at sigma.net> a écrit :
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Don Hackler <donh at sigma.net>
> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Suitability of boot media
> Date: February 17, 2013 2:44:31 PM PST
> To: Shane Morris <edgecomberts at gmail.com>
>
> You will need to run PAIF and AllStar on separate boxes.
> Use IAX to connect the two.
>
> If you only have one outside IP address, you can put change AllStar to use a
> different port for it's outside IAX connection to the AllStar network and
> then the PAIF box can use the standard IAX port (if needed).  Your the PAIF
> box to connect to the usual VOIP trunk providers.
>
> Use the 32 bit Centos 6.3 PAIF distro and install PAIF Purple for a stable
> setup.  (Asterisk 1.8, FreePBX 2.10)
>
> For light duty applications, I've heard good reports about running PAIF on a
> Rasberry Pi, but that's still a bit experimental.
>
> On Feb 17, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Shane Morris <edgecomberts at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am supposed to be having a HP T5630w thin client delivered to me today,
> and I was planning to install PBX In A Flash on it, which was recommended by
> one of the members of the list.
>
> First up, can I install from say a 1GB stick to a 8 or 16GB stick, and leave
> the larger stick semi-permanently in the machine as boot media under the
> cover at the top? The thin client is quoted with only a 2GB IDE SSD,
> certainly not enough for this OS, and I don't want to wait another couple of
> weeks for postage on a 32GB IDE SSD.
>
> Next question, which is the best version of PIAF to get? Nowhere that I can
> see does it quote which version of Asterisk its using or whether it would be
> suitable for use with the correct version for app_rpt (which is 1.4 as I
> take it from numerous discussions).
>
> Last question - this'll be running on the thin client, and as we know, there
> are *some* security issues with 1.4 (of course, theres probably security
> issues with 1.8 too, but they haven't been exploited yet, so I'm not bashing
> 1.4, I know no piece of networked software is totally secure) so would you
> recommend using this "repeater controller" box on an IAX trunk to a 1.8
> "PABX controller" box, and let the PABX face the world? I fully intend on
> using the internal but offsite connections over a VPN, but to get to the
> outside world and onto the PSTN it needs to go through my ITSPs, Exetels,
> indial account(s).
>
> Of course, if this is recommended, which I strongly suspect it is, I'll have
> to get another thin client and load 1.8 on it, and establish the IAX trunk,
> which I imagine would be a simple exercise.
>
> Thanks in advance for all your help!
>
> Shane.
>
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