MT IOS and Asterisk

RouterOS General
1

was anyone able to install both MT and asterisk on one x86 machine?
how is that possible and where to begin?
pls share ..
thanks..

2

You could install it in ESXi. RouterOS work well in VMWare. Is there a reason you want them in the same hardware?

3

you have done it before?
were they running at the same time (i.e. i can access asterisk and MT at the same time, not an option to boot one of them) …
the reason is x86 is too much for MT, need to utilize it more!

4

You don’t even need VMware or another machine. RouterOS has built-in metarouter that can run asterisk. Watch this demo:
http://www.tiktube.com/video/qpdI3amJaDolpLnlFDGzCzHwDlqoFCqH=

5

Normis, from what I have read do you have to install something like OpenWRT first, then install Asterisk in it?

6

of course, Asterisk is not an OS. the video demonstrates that OpenWRT with the Asterisk program are running inside a RouterBOARD, in a RouterOS Metarouter instance. Metarouter is something like a virtual machine where this OpenWRT can run.

7

Yea we use metarouter quite a bit and have had great success with it, but I have never installed another OS in it. I have never had a need really, but I think I am going to give this a try.

8

Here is a tutorial how to install Tor with Metarouter and openwrt. Ignore the TOR bits just to see how OpenWRT is being installed
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Use_Metarouter_to_Implement_Tor_Anonymity_Software

or just read this shorter version:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Metarouter#OpenWRT_as_virtual_machine

9

Thanks
What if i added a PCI card, how is it going to be handled?

thanks

10

i added PCI card, but its not recognized by the guest, is it possible to the guest to use the PCI directly? what do i need to do?? thanks