Thanks Kristian, I guess then I need to contact Cisco Tech Support to get PGW2200 fixed... Thanks once again... Cheers, Nitesh Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Nitesh Divecha > <nitesh at vipernetworks.com> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I need some help as I am new to SS7 and I do understand that this is an >> Asterisk SS7 forum and not Cisco but I looking for a help... >> >> Recently, got one project where there is Cisco AS5400 with 2 x 8 E1's, >> Cisco PGW2200 Softswitch and SS7 involved. The old admin has screwed up >> PGW2200 box totally and I want to replace it with Asterisk SS7 box. >> >> Is there anyway I can replace PGW2200 with Asterisk SS7? If yes, how can >> I do it? And is it must to have Asterisk SS7 box? Can't Cisco AS5400 >> handle SS7 signaling by itself? >> >> Please help... Thanking in advance... >> >> Cheers, >> Nitesh >> >> > > You can't replace the Cisco MGW software with Asterisk. Asterisk > would need to support the full protocol suite to do so (SIGTRAN/SCTP, > MGCP, etc). Otherwise there is no way to signal to the ITPs (Cisco > 2811s, probably) or MGWs (AS5400s). > > The AS5400 cannot do SS7 by itself. > > Unfortunately, for this solution it's either all Cisco, all Asterisk, > or nothing. > >