Asterisk SS7 Options

The purpose of this page is provide information on how to install/configure/use the various SS7 stacks available for Asterisk.

First...for some basic information about SS7 please see the following links:

Wikipedia entry for SS7 
Konrad's Intro to SS7 (PPTX)

If you find any errors in the information on this page or would like to make a comment, please send an email to konrad@sangoma.com

Sangoma's SMG-SS7

Digium's LibSS7 

Dicea's Chan_SS7

Sangoma's SMG-SS7

Architecture
Installation
Configuration
Debugging
Load Test Results

Digium's LibSS7

Architecture
Installation
Configuration
Debugging
Load Test Results 

Architecture - LibSS7

Installation - LibSS7

1. Install Dahdi-Linux
   1. Download the latest stable version of Dahdi-linux from www.asterisk.org/downloads to /usr/src/
      • cd /usr/src/
      • wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux/dahdi-linux-current.tar.gz
   2. Untar the archived file
      • tar xfz dahdi-linux-current.tar.gz
   3. Compile the sources
      • cd dahdi-linux<tab>
      • make
   4. Install the compiled sources
      • make install
2. Install Dahdi-Tools
   1. Download the latest stable version of Dahdi-tools from www.asterisk.org/downloads to /usr/src/
      • cd /usr/src
      • wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-tools/dahdi-tools-current.tar.gz
   2. Untar the archived file
      • tar xfz dahdi-tools-current.tar.gz
   3. Create the Makefile for your system
      • cd dahdi-tools<tab>
      • ./configure
   4. Compile the sources
      • make
   5. Install the compiled sources
      • make install
   6. Install the sample configuration files and startup scripts
      • make configs
3. Install LibSS7
   1. Download the latest stable version of LibSS7 from http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libss7/ to /usr/src
      • cd /usr/src/
      • wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libss7/libss7-<version>.tar.gz
   2. Untar the archived file
      • tar xfz libss7<tab>
   3. Compile the sources
      • cd libss7<tab>
      • make
   4. Install the sources
      • make install
4. Install Asterisk
   1. Download the latest stable version of Asterisk from www.asterisk.org/downloads to /usr/src
      • cd /usr/src/
      • wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-<version>-current.tar.gz
   2. Untar the archived file
      • tar xfz asterisk<tab>
   3. Create the Makefile for your system
      • cd asterisk<tab>
      • ./configure
   4. Compile the sources
      • make
   5. Install the sources
      • make install
   6. Install the sample configs
      • make samples
5. Install Wanpipe
   1. Download the latest stable version of Wanpipe from ftp://ftp.sangoma.com/linux/current_wanpipe/ to /usr/src
      • wget ftp://ftp.sangoma.com/linux/current_wanpipe/current-stable.tgz
   2. Untar the archived file
      • tar xfz current-stable.tgz
   3. Run the installer
      • cd wanpipe<tab>
      • ./Setup install
        • Choose the default options
        • Compile for "TDM Zaptel/Dahdi" support (option #2) 
        • Do not configure install the start-up scripts
        • Do not configure for Dahdi
   4. Confirm the proper installation of Dahdi and Wanpipe by running the Wanpipe hardware probe
      • wanrouter hwprobe
        • Confirm that the Wanpipe drivers are able to communicate with your card(s)

Dicea's Chan_SS7

Architecture
Installation
Configuration
Debugging
Load Test Results