I think that WAN1 will be there to authenticate call from lan1 to lan2 but once a connection has been made then voice and media packet travel directly from LanA to LanB. This can be changed if Gatekkeper routing is set to 1. Well I might be wrong in that,but that is what i think. Rgds Manoj k Gupta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Zak" <dannyz@belgonet.com> To: <openh323gk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:16 AM Subject: [Openh323gk-users] bandwith issue > dear; > > i got a question about bandwith utilisation > > > lets say we got LAN A ; LAN B ; each having theire gatekeeper to > provide NAT functionality. Each lan has got serveral endpoints. > Both gatekeepers are connected to a MAIN gatekeeper; WAN 1. > > > /--------WAN1-------\ > LAN A LAN B > > > if smbdy from LAN A calls somebody at LAN B; > what router will the voice packets follow > > > a) packets of LAN A are transmitted to WAN1 and after this they are > transmitted to LAN B? > or > b) packets of LAN A are directly transmitted to LAN B ? > > or are both situations possibile ? > > the raison why i'm asking this is that we are willing to do prefix based > routing; therefore it would be interresting to meet the following > specs > : customer doesn't see (directly) were packets are terminated > : we (provider) aren"t charged with the packets.. > > Is this possible; so that the main gatekeeper is just a directory; > that points out were the data has to be sent to? (situation b) Or is the data > ALWAYS passing by the main gatekeeper. (situation a) > > many thanks > > -- > Best regards, > Danny mailto:dannyz@belgonet.com > > belGOnet.com a Euro-pictures division - internet solutions > place princesse elisabeth 9/11 - 1030 Brussels - Belgium > Tel : +32-(0)2-215.67.65 - Fax : +32-(0)2-215.66.65 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > _______________________________________________ > List: Openh323gk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8549 > Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ List: Openh323gk-users@lists.sourceforge.net Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8549 Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/