[VoIP] MGCP Question

Ben Jackson bbj at innismir.net
Fri Jan 12 07:44:54 CST 2007


Shane Young wrote:
> Quoting Greg Blakely <greg at vyger.net>:
> 
>> Any MGCP experts out there?
>>
>> I was wanting to use asterisk as an MGCP client of a Genband G6 voip
>> gateway.  But it appears that asterisk's MGCP implementation sets it up
>> to be a server, not a client.
> 
> I have a love/hate relationship with MGCP.  I like it because there is  
> virtually no config on MGCP devices.  When you signal to it, you say  
> what port you want to send the call through and that's about it.  SIP  
> is much more flexible.  With that you have more difficult  
> configurations.

I have one MGCP device, a hacked up D-Link DVG-1120M. IIRC Greg, you are
right, Asterisk is meant to be a MGCP server, not a client. Sadly, you
are SoL.

				~Ben



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