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<DIV>I'll try the ISO later today to see if the problems persist.<BR> </DIV>Raul Suarez
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Kiwi Ssennyonjo <kiwi@ssenn.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, February 11, 2011 2:00:46 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [kwlug-disc] First impressions: Less than impressed with freeswitch for home usage<BR></FONT><BR>Here is another resource, a live CD
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 00:56, Raul Suarez <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:rarsa@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:rarsa@yahoo.com">rarsa@yahoo.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I heard the great virtues of freeswitch. Lower memory, faster processes, easy<BR>configuration.<BR><BR>Kiwi, I am sure that may be the case in your enterprise systems but in a home<BR>system my experience was less than barely acceptable.<BR><BR>Could it be that I'm doing something wrong?<BR>I followed the instructions from here (including compiling the sounds):<BR><A href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_Guide" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_Guide</A><BR><BR>My Hardware: PIII 400 Mhz with 256 MB RAM, old slow HDD. This is my test<BR>system.<BR>Once comfortable I'm planning to run DD-wrt, tomato or OpenWrt in a router which<BR>I expect will be even less powerful.<BR>PAP2T ATA for one extension,<BR>Ekiga as a soft phone for another extension.<BR><BR>I'm expecting to get 3 DIDs (two Canadian
and one Mexican)<BR><BR>I installed Asterisk in that box and have been playing with it without<BR>complaints (Other than the by-hand configuration)<BR><BR>Asterisk:<BR>Installation time, a few seconds using apt-get (older version 1.4)<BR>Updates in seconds using apt-get<BR>idle: CPU 0%, Mem 0.9%<BR>Listening to recording (x600) CPU 2%, Mem 7.4%<BR>Echo test works perfectly almost no lag<BR>Calling between extensions lagged little less than 1/2 second but very clear.<BR>I've found a lot of information and advise.<BR><BR>Freeswitch<BR>Installation time probably 4 hours to git and compile it. (Current git version )<BR>Updates expected to take a similar amount of time<BR>Idle: CPU 5%, Mem 5%<BR><BR>Listening to music (x9664) CPU 6% Meme 5.5%<BR>Recordings and music break (as if playing under the water)<BR>Echo tests (x9195 x9196) don't even work<BR>Calling between extensions: Lagged 1/2 second and call not as crisp.<BR>Information and advise is sparse
(to say the least)<BR><BR>And I haven't even tried to install FusionPBX<BR><BR>Raul Suarez<BR><BR><BR>Technology consultant<BR>Software, Hardware and Practices<BR>_________________<BR>Twitter: rarsamx<BR><A href="http://rarsa.blogspot.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://rarsa.blogspot.com/</A><BR>An eclectic collection of random thoughts<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>kwlug-disc mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</A><BR><A href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Kiwi Ssennyonjo<BR><A href="http://www.ssenn.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.ssenn.com</A><BR>m:519-744-3200<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></div><br></body></html>