[KLUG Driftwood] Task List

[Adam Williams]

> > 1. Get gnugk (the gatekeeper) running?  Do we need a gatekeeper if we
> > have a direct public interface [eth1 in this case, the driftwood IP].
> > I've tried building gnugk and didn't get anywhere.  Optimally I'd like
> > it too have LDAP support built in.
> I can tackle this, although version 2.0.4 is a bit different from what I
> configured, and v2.1 is completely different, config files are not
> compatible etc.

Excellent.

> Is gnugk installed now or did it not build at all?
> What version did you try?
> I wrote down, but forgot to grab, the versions of the (ximianized) pwlib
> and h.323. openh323.org is up to pwlib 1.5.0 and h323 1.12.0
> Is ssh available?

Yep, I'll send you the root password off list.

> > 2. Create dynamic IAX extensions.  How does asterisk locate "me" if my
> > IP changes around,  gnophone has to register, but register with what?
> > Does it use a gatekeeper for this?
> yep, asterisk will provide gatekeeping peer-to-peer (trusted or
> 'friends'), but it uses gnugk (or similar) to assign id's to clients when
> they connect remotely.
> dynamic IAX extensions is beyond me - for now ;-)

Ok.

> > 3. Make MP3 encoding work.  Currently it is just recording voice mails
> > as WAVs, which isn't very effiecient.
> MP123 http://www.mpg123.de/ (re) places mp3 support in redhat 8 & 9

Alright, someone want to take getting that installed and testing it? 
Since mpg123 is just and MP3 player I assume it also need some kind of
encoder or is that build in?

> > 4. Setup conference calling support.
> > 5. Define a dialplan [I think I almost understand this now after reading
> > the book].
> > Anything else?
> Contexts:
>   what users get what priviledges.

OK.  I'm thinking that context and the dialplan are sort of linked. That
was my impression.

Suppose we have to think about how to qualify users.