VoIP (was: Re: [LUAU] interesting article on Mark Spencer/Digium)

[Jim Thompson]

On Jun 10, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Michael Bishop wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 10:18 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> On Jun 10, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://news.com.com/Is+the+telephone+industry+ready+for+open
>>>> +source/2008-1082_3-5737703.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Perhaps you could enlighten us with an informed talk on Linux-based
>>> PBX?
>>>
>>
>> Any reason to not have Matt Darnell (sp?) come do so instead?   He
>> runs an Asterix (and SER) based business here in Honolulu.
>>
>
> I've been using Matt's service for a few weeks now and so far it works
> great. I'm using Residential Road Runner and I haven't needed to
> prioritize my traffic. However, if I'm downloading or uploading  
> while on
> a call we start to breakup. Which is exactly what Matt had told me  
> would
> happen.
>
> I'm looking at setting up a router with HTB
> (http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/qos/htb/) or some type of packet
> scheduler/prioritizer.

You might want to look at m0n0wall.   Its free (and free), and the  
scheduler is straight-forward.

>> Tens of thousands of geeks already do this.    (BTW, your lawyer
>> mentality is showing.  :-)    Its nearly trivial to setup.   Does
>> LUAU/HOSEF have
>> technical get-togethers with speakers?  (Or is that CyberPizza?  (And
>> what about those of us trying to cut down on carbs?))
>>
>
> We are planning to start having workshops again like we had before. I
> guess Matt can be our first speaker. I'll chat with him about it.

I'd love to hear Matt speak again, but if for some reason he can't,  
I'll be glad to step up to doing the presentation.

jim