SMG Installation

1. Introduction
2. SMG Components
3. Wanpipe Driver Installation
4. SMG Installation

 

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Introduction

 

• Sangoma Media Gateway (SMG) s a standalone SIP to TDM Gateway that runs on top
  of Sangoma TDM/Analog/BRI cards.
• SMG is released in binary format for Linux 32bit and 64bit platforms.
• Due to binary packaging the installation is extremely simple.
• SMG configuration and operation is Web Based via SMG Web GUI.
• RPM installation packages are coming soon.

Limitations

• The SMG has been optimized for CentOS installs.
  
• The SMG is not supported on Windows: Windows version is in the works.
  
  

SMG Package Components

1. Wanpipe Driver
2. SMG Package

Linux Support

-> 32bit & 64bit
-> Centos 5.5 Prefered
-> Linux wanpipe drivers

 

Wanpipe Linux Installation for SMG

1. Download wanpipe device driver
   -> Latest 3.5 Release: wanpipe-current.tgz
   -> Check Linux Download Page for more info
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2. Untar the wanpipe package
   -> tar xfz wanpipe-current.tgz
   -> cd wanpipe-<version>
   
   
3. Build the wanpipe driver for SMG and install it
   -> make smg
   -> make install 
   
   Prerequisite to this step is a distro development and linux-header package.
   Check out the wanpipe driver pre-requisite page for more info.
   If this step fails one of the pre-requisistes is not met: Please contact Sangoma Support
   
   
4. Check that driver installed properly
   -> wanrouter hwprobe
   
   If this step fails hw could be defective or driver did not install properly: Please contact: Sangoma Support

SMG Package Installation

The latest SMG release can be installed from a tarball file or an RPM package for CentOS 5.

 

Installing the RPM through yum

1. Install Sangoma RPM repository
   -> rpm -ivh http://rpm.sangoma.com/sangoma_repository-0.0.1-Linux.rpm
   
   
2. Install SMG, this will install the RPM and also start the Web GUI automatically
   -> yum -y install sangoma-media-gateway
   
   

Installing through the tarball

1. Download SMG Latest Package
   -> sangoma-media-gateway-linux-3.2.5.i686.tar.gz
   -> sangoma-media-gateway-linux-3.2.5.x86_64.tar.gz 
   
   
2. Untar the SMG Package
   -> tar xfz sangoma-media-gateway-<ver>.tgz
   -> cd sangoma-media-gateway-<ver>
   
   
3. Install the SMG Gateway
   -> make install
   or
   -> make install DESTDIR=<absolute path to install directory>
   
   By default SMG package installs in /usr/local/smg directory.
   
   
4. Install SMG boot startup scripts  (optional)
   -> make boot
   
   
5. Start SMG Web GUI
   -> service smg-webgui start
   
   The web service will start on port: 8888
   
   
6. At this point we are ready to configure and start the SMG gateway from the Web GUI
   Using your browser open the port: 8888 on your SMG gateway machine.
   
   Default usernname/password: admin/admin
   
   -> http://localhost:8888
   
   *Note: click Here for instruction if you are configuring from a remote system to be able to access the Web GUI
    

Linux Environment Configuration

1. Firewall
   If you have iptables enabled 
   --> to check run:  iptables -nL
   
   Make sure to allow:
   --> SIP port:     5062                 (default SMG SIP port)
   --> RTP ports:  21000 to 31000 (default SMG RTP ports)
   --> HTTP port:  8888                (default SMG GUI port)
   
   On redhat distros one can update /etc/sysconfig/iptables
   --> /etc/init.d/iptables [start|stop|restart]