Nevermind. I was thinking in a different mindset of when running wireshark capture you want everything captured. You guys are absolutely right that I just need to select my signaling channels. On Jul 9, 2011, at 3:13 AM, Krzysztof Drewicz <krzysztofdrewicz at gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/7/9 Robert Thomas <thomcr at gmail.com>: >> I thought this would only capture signaling channels, which for the most >> part you would have 2 on a linkset... >> >> I don't see too much need of more than 16 channels unless you have a bunch >> of D channels > > > That is true, where is the reason to use more than 16 channels to be > captured? It means more than two 8-port, or four 4-port card in one > box, and that is somehow misunderstanding from my point of view. Too > much telco hardware in one box is not a good thing, split cards along > many servers. > If you need to record audio use Record() in dialplan or so. > > BTW: in older, 'big' telco systems there are a catches that don't > allow a 16, but one or two signaling channels (or D channels) to be > captured. > If someone needs more than 16, well, use some passive capture like > sangoma solution or external analyzer to do that. For example, good > external analyzer for 30 simultaneous R2 digit exchange on one E1 is > worth more than a brand new server, so i see no point in having more > than 16 captures on any given time. Note that capture takes some CPU > power from your box, sometimes every little interrupt counts :) > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- 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
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