Im completly new to the whole PBX thing. I have a toshiba unit now and we're moving our office in the next few months. I want to use asterisk but would like to test it out first. Does it support a basic analog phone line like the one in my house? Is that FXS? Are there any FAQs I should read to learn more? Thanks for the reply! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050304/eb248ec6/attachment.htm
Yes it does support a basic analog line (or many many lines...). It also supports T1's, ISDN, etc. FXO would provide an analog connection to the phone company (your wall jack) FXS would allow you to plug analog phones into Asterisk. Phone <--->(FXS)<--->Asterisk<---->(FXO)<---->Phone Company You could eliminate the FXS need if you run SIP or IAX IP handsets. Then they would just connect to your network. Ty -----Original Message----- From: dbakker@arrayasolutions.com [mailto:dbakker@arrayasolutions.com] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 3:34 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Im a noob Im completly new to the whole PBX thing. I have a toshiba unit now and we're moving our office in the next few months. I want to use asterisk but would like to test it out first. Does it support a basic analog phone line like the one in my house? Is that FXS? Are there any FAQs I should read to learn more? Thanks for the reply!
Pull up a chair and start reading: http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk -Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: <dbakker@arrayasolutions.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 3:34 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Im a noob> Im completly new to the whole PBX thing. I have a toshiba unit now and > we're moving our office in the next few months. I want to use asterisk but > would like to test it out first. Does it support a basic analog phone line > like the one in my house? Is that FXS? Are there any FAQs I should read to > learn more? Thanks for the reply!---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----> _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
And here... www.digium.com (see documentation link) And when you have some early questions look here... www.google.com enter this: site:lists.digium.com <whatever you are searching for> And here.... www.asterisk.org Read as much as you can... W -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Boehm Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:40 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Im a noob Pull up a chair and start reading: http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk -Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: <dbakker@arrayasolutions.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 3:34 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Im a noob> Im completly new to the whole PBX thing. I have a toshiba unit now and > we're moving our office in the next few months. I want to use asteriskbut> would like to test it out first. Does it support a basic analog phoneline> like the one in my house? Is that FXS? Are there any FAQs I shouldread to> learn more? Thanks for the reply!------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ----> _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users_______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
That is true - I've run into it on some of my polycoms. After tweaking the phone's built-in echo cancellation I was able to eliminate it though. Ty -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Webb [mailto:dwebb@delta-express.cc] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 11:25 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Im a noob A common issue you will have with FXO/PSTN lines with sip is echo. Test thoroughly before you go live and have 20 people yelling, "I can hear myself talk". On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 15:39, Ty Purcell wrote: Yes it does support a basic analog line (or many many lines...). It also supports T1's, ISDN, etc. FXO would provide an analog connection to the phone company (your wall jack) FXS would allow you to plug analog phones into Asterisk. Phone <--->(FXS)<--->Asterisk<---->(FXO)<---->Phone Company You could eliminate the FXS need if you run SIP or IAX IP handsets. Then they would just connect to your network. Ty -----Original Message----- From: dbakker@arrayasolutions.com [mailto:dbakker@arrayasolutions.com] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 3:34 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Im a noob Im completly new to the whole PBX thing. I have a toshiba unit now and we're moving our office in the next few months. I want to use asterisk but would like to test it out first. Does it support a basic analog phone line like the one in my house? Is that FXS? Are there any FAQs I should read to learn more? Thanks for the reply! _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users