Has anyone used Asterisk as a solution for conferencing Only?
We have a Shoretel PBX but the pricing for their conferencing is crazy, so i thought that maybe building a Asterisk box to do Conferencing only might be a good idea.
Anyone have any suggestions or Tips?
Hi
Yes I have deployed * as a commercial conferecing solution for a customer, We have multiple servers. Just dont expect to use meetme for it.
Ian
Can i get some info on this commercial version?
It sounds like something i might be interested in. I have my own Data Center so hardware is not a issue. I just need something that can handle about 50 users in a conference and that would be the extreme Max and the average would be around 20-25 on a weekly basis.
50 users maybe a lot. If you are doing trans coding it may take up more CPU usage. The best way to know is to test and find out 
ianplain,
If you are not using meetme, what can you use? Is there another way to have conference rooms with Asterisk? I’m interested in knowing this, since I have a client looking to implement a solution for conferences.
Thanks,
[quote=“ianplain”]Hi
Yes I have deployed * as a commercial conferecing solution for a customer, We have multiple servers. Just dont expect to use meetme for it.
Ian[/quote]
Hi
Basicly you need to use ap_conference.
You will need to build the nice bits round it such as name announceing etc.
I can say that it will happily cope with 100 members.
ian
hi, i am using webmeetme on a confernce-only-server.
I have around 200 Users at the same time on different conference-rooms logged in. No problem with cpu (no coding, only using g711a).
What kind of server are you using to support this many users at the same time?
How’s webmeetme working for you, is it reliable?
Thanks!!
[quote=“ebnerjoh”]hi, i am using webmeetme on a confernce-only-server.
I have around 200 Users at the same time on different conference-rooms logged in. No problem with cpu (no coding, only using g711a).[/quote]
[quote=“ianplain”]Hi
Basicly you need to use ap_conference.
You will need to build the nice bits round it such as name announceing etc.
I can say that it will happily cope with 100 members.
ian[/quote]
is app_conference finally released? does it still have bugs? last time i check this is still in alpha stage.
[quote=“islander”]What kind of server are you using to support this many users at the same time?
How’s webmeetme working for you, is it reliable?
Thanks!!
[quote=“ebnerjoh”]hi, i am using webmeetme on a confernce-only-server.
I have around 200 Users at the same time on different conference-rooms logged in. No problem with cpu (no coding, only using g711a).[/quote][/quote]
I have 3 server in action. 2 are responsible to convert from ISDN to SIP and one is responsible for web-meetme. The servers are HP DL385.
In past, web-meetme had some problems. E.G.: There was a Bug that it was possible to be connected to the wrong conference-room. I do not know if this is solved or not. But all in all it is working for me. I have around 500.000 Minutes per month (since more 7 months).
Best Regards,
Johannes