<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>You will likely obtain more help from this mailing lists if you narrow down the scope of your questions and ask for help about the specific problems you encounter. For example locate your problem, describe it, provide a useful trace.</div><div><br></div><div>You will be surprised how effective this can be. Just a different angle of approach will yield more results. Or don't name that price ;-)</div><div><div><br></div><div>Adrian</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 11, 2009, at 9:48 PM, Geoffrey Mina wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>There is no NAT<br>There is no Firewall (running local IPTables)<br>There are no 'users'<br>There are no 'phones'<br>There is a single upstream Carrier<br>There ARE a plurality of asterisk based IVR systems which are<br>processing the media. All configured identically, all on the same<br>network.<br><br>I have been doing SIP for years, just not using OpenSIPS as my<br>Loadbalancer/Gateway of choice.<br>I have been writing networked applications for 5 times the length of<br>my SIP experience... an OpenSIPS N00B perhaps, but a network/SIP N00B<br>I think not.<br><br>I know enough to know that my configuration is NOT complex. I am<br>shocked to hear that so many people on this list think this type of<br>OpenSIPS configuration is complicated to the point that an experienced<br>user couldn't take a look at a simple 150 line configuration file and<br>point out any glaring issues and identify some best practice<br>scenarios.<br><br>Hopefully there are some experienced users out there who are<br>interested in contributing something useful instead of this dribble<br>about how smart you are and how complex your OpenSIPS configuration<br>is.<br><br>-Geoff<br><br><br><br>On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM, John Rose <<a href="mailto:johnrose@comtex.net">johnrose@comtex.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Often people and companies underestimate the complexities of a SIP proxy<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">installation. There are many variables particularly ones with carriers,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">phones, NAT's, firewalls... Many assume it is just configuration. A lot of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">it is but unless you have worked it in depth you won't know.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Here is a free "blessing" - Seek and you shall find my dear OpenSIPS N00B.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Let the light guide you through the valley of SIP and networking<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">complexities :)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">John<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">-----Original Message-----<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">From: <a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.opensips.org">users-bounces@lists.opensips.org</a> [<a href="mailto:users-">mailto:users-</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:bounces@lists.opensips.org">bounces@lists.opensips.org</a>] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Mina<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:47 AM<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">To: <a href="mailto:users@lists.opensips.org">users@lists.opensips.org</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Subject: [OpenSIPS-Users] Paid Consultation Request<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hello,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I am looking for anyone who would consider themselves an 'expert' in<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the field of OpenSIPS. My company is launching an OpenSIPS deployment<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">to front-end all the SIP traffic entering our network. I would like<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">to have someone experienced look over my config to give it the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">proverbial 'blessing'.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">We run a very high profile network and I can't afford to have any<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">minor misconfigurations or problems cause issues down the road.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I would be willing to pay $150/hr (USD) via PayPal. I am guessing I<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">will need 2(ish) hours, and IM/MSN/Skype chat would be the best.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">If anyone is interested, please let me know.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Geoff<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">p.s. we are primarily using the dispatcher module, so any interested<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">party should know that one inside and out!<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Users mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Users@lists.opensips.org">Users@lists.opensips.org</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users">http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Users mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Users@lists.opensips.org">Users@lists.opensips.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users">http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>Users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Users@lists.opensips.org">Users@lists.opensips.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users">http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>