[VoIP] I am now online!

[Chad Perkins]

On 23 Feb 2008 at 11:57, Steph Kerman wrote:
> Is there some way to add something to the * code or config files to
> keep the connection alive by placing dummy test calls once per minute?
> =SK=

Yes and no.  If you have your Asterisk system "register" with another gateway/server 
the registration process takes care of the port forwarding and "keep alive", but that 
means a central server.  That's not how CNET is setup; in CNET we use ENUM to 
find each other and the tandems are all "peers" without a central server.  No central 
server, no central point of failure.

Now I used to "register" a second non-CNET Asterisk (off-site) with my main one.  I 
did it for other reasons, but it would accomplish what you suggest albeit with some 
additional complication and an additional trip across the Internet for the voice stream 
(this is essentially the same configuration as the ATA method except the terminal 
device is another Asterisk).

Chad