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The following screenshot shows network-traffic (in Bytes/s) for the following connections:
 
The following screenshot shows network-traffic (in Bytes/s) for the following connections:
  
* '''Black''': traffic from and to Trixbox #1
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* '''Black''': traffic from and to Trixbox #1  
* '''Red''': traffic from and to Trixbox #2
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* '''Red''': traffic between the 2 Windows machines running X-lite
* '''Green''': traffic from and to Windows machine #1
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* '''Green''': traffic between laptop #1 and its Asterisk
* '''Blue''': traffic from and to Laptop #1
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* '''Blue''': traffic between the two Asterisk PBX's
* '''Pink''': traffic between Windows machine #1 and Laptop #1
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* '''Pink''': traffic between Windows machine #1 and its Asterisk
  
 
[[Image:ethereal_graph_voice-only.png]]
 
[[Image:ethereal_graph_voice-only.png]]
  
 
So in the used configuration where two X-Lite machines are connected to their own Trixboxes and where the two Trixboxes are connected using IAX the following holds:
 
So in the used configuration where two X-Lite machines are connected to their own Trixboxes and where the two Trixboxes are connected using IAX the following holds:
- the direct traffic between the two X-Lite machines is zero
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* the direct traffic between the two X-Lite machines is zero
- the X-Lite machines only interchange data with their own Trixboxes
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* the X-Lite machines only interchange data with their own Trixboxes

Revision as of 13:12, 30 January 2007

Ethereal is used to analyse the network traffic.

We captured the network data with the following machines:

192.168.1.101 - Asterisk #1
192.168.1.106 - Asterisk #2
192.168.1.3   - Windows machine 1 (also running both VMware's for both Trixboxes)
192.168.1.189 - Laptop #1 running only X-lite

After capturing we filtered out other data to machines not on the local network (IP-adress other than 192.168.1.x), using this filter:

ip.src >= 192.168.1.1 && ip.src <= 192.168.1.255 && ip.dst >= 192.168.1.1 && ip.dst <= 192.168.1.255

The following screenshot shows network-traffic (in Bytes/s) for the following connections:

  • Black: traffic from and to Trixbox #1
  • Red: traffic between the 2 Windows machines running X-lite
  • Green: traffic between laptop #1 and its Asterisk
  • Blue: traffic between the two Asterisk PBX's
  • Pink: traffic between Windows machine #1 and its Asterisk

Ethereal graph voice-only.png

So in the used configuration where two X-Lite machines are connected to their own Trixboxes and where the two Trixboxes are connected using IAX the following holds:

  • the direct traffic between the two X-Lite machines is zero
  • the X-Lite machines only interchange data with their own Trixboxes