Tim Danner wrote: > Do you know if libss7 has the same capabilities? But let's say we use these SS7/ISDN capable cards as a SS7 or ISDN protocol analyzer, no such development work there? Digium, Sangoma? > It does, sort of. It has an internal protocol dumper/analyzer. You use `ss7 debug linkset x` at the Asterisk CLI and it will dump the debug as well as the messages' data. > Why ask for two or more, when you can try and get it all in one. > > But this is also good to know about Wireshark. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kristian Nielsen [mailto:knielsen at mysql.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:19 PM > To: asterisk-ss7 at lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [asterisk-ss7] Internal protocol analyzer > > > "Tim Danner" <tdanner at pacwest.com> writes: > >> Just a question for this list. Has there been any development work here for >> an internal protocol analyzer for either ISDN or SS7? > > In chan_ss7, you can use the command "ss7 dump start ..." to send protocol > data to a file, and then use ethereal (now renamed to wireshark) to analyze > it. > > For details, see > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+ss7+commands > >> My thoughts here are that something like that could be developed against the >> card drivers for both transmit and receive, and relay to a process just for >> decoding the packets. I am also aware that this could be more processor >> intensive, but could be developed many different ways so not to scan >> everything, except for what needs to be decoded. I think this would help >> out a faster turn around of any signaling issues. Not everyone can afford >> expensive external analyzers. > > - Kristian. > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-ss7 mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7 > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-ss7 mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7 -- Matthew Fredrickson Software/Firmware Engineer Digium, Inc.
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