[Opensim-users] Freeswitch Experiments

[Ai Austin]

We have been experimenting with the use of Freeswitch for voice 
support on a Grid with Opensim.exe regions running on the same host 
as Robust.exe and on several hosts, and on a simple standalone setup.

The Freeswitch server has been run on the same or different hosts to 
the machine  on which the Opensim region that acts as the link to 
Freeswitch is hosted.  All these combinations work fine if the 
correct settings are made to the Freeswitch server I{P address and 
the (confusingly named) freeswitch_service_server in Opensim.ini 
which is the machine running Opensim.exe and hosting the single 
region used by the Freeswitch setup to link between Freeswitch and 
Opensim.  You can then use this setup to serve ALL regions on one or 
multiple Opensim.exe setups across several machines in a grid 
environment if you wish, and if the relevant OpenSim.ini section is 
set appropriately in each.

Given this experience, we have reworded the examples in the Wiki to 
make them more generic and clear difference between the hosts 
involved, as the previous example used a local network example (using 
a server on 198.168.0.1) that would not work beyond a typical firewall.

http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Freeswitch_Module


It would be helpful I think if a dev who has access to 
OpenSim.ini.example could change one commented lines in the 
[FreeSwitchVoice] section of that which can cause a bit of confusion...


; freeswitch_port = 9000

     (rather than the rather confusing example given of port of 80 
which makes it sound less like an Opensim.exe supported region port)