I have a need for an ATA that will register over wifi. *NOT* a DECT phone or other cordless type phone plugged into a wired ATA. Not seeing one right off, and following the recent discussions about compact fanless systems, I thought a custom build-your-own might not only be useful for my purpose, but may be a viable product in its own right. So I started looking for mini-PCI based FXS cards. The only one I seem to find is the OpenVOX A400M. Anyone have experience with it? Any alternatives? Having perused the last fifty or so emails on the various motherboards available, several seem to have two mini-PCI ports, so the very basic idea is to buy one of them and put both an OpenVOX card and a 802.11g radio card in it. Is there any reason these smallish motherboards would be unable to power both boards? Heat issues? Any suggestions on how to choose one of the wifi cards? I would like to run DD-WRT on this beast to handle the wifi-client mode, and I noticed (though have not tried) that DD-WRT has a build that includes asterisk, which would of course drive the FXS port. I figure the whole thing should cost less than US$250, and in quantity perhaps much less. Another thought is to skip the whole FXS port card and use the built-in sound interface to the small motherboard to drive a simple headset based phone. That would be significantly cheaper. If anyone is as interested as I am in creating this beast and would like to donate the needed pieces to the cause, I will commit to writing a web interface and the pieces to do remote provisioning, and we can market the new product... Cheers, j
Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: why not just put something like a wet11(wireless bridge) and pap2t(2x fxs) in the same box ? dev time = 0 cost ~100 those are just two of the many products that would work together to do what you want.> I have a need for an ATA that will register over wifi. *NOT* a DECT phone > or other cordless type phone plugged into a wired ATA. > > Not seeing one right off, and following the recent discussions about > compact fanless systems, I thought a custom build-your-own might not only > be useful for my purpose, but may be a viable product in its own right. > > So I started looking for mini-PCI based FXS cards. The only one I seem to > find is the OpenVOX A400M. Anyone have experience with it? Any > alternatives? > > Having perused the last fifty or so emails on the various motherboards > available, several seem to have two mini-PCI ports, so the very basic idea > is to buy one of them and put both an OpenVOX card and a 802.11g radio > card in it. Is there any reason these smallish motherboards would be > unable to power both boards? Heat issues? Any suggestions on how to > choose one of the wifi cards? > > I would like to run DD-WRT on this beast to handle the wifi-client mode, > and I noticed (though have not tried) that DD-WRT has a build that > includes asterisk, which would of course drive the FXS port. > > I figure the whole thing should cost less than US$250, and in quantity > perhaps much less. > > Another thought is to skip the whole FXS port card and use the built-in > sound interface to the small motherboard to drive a simple headset based > phone. That would be significantly cheaper. > > If anyone is as interested as I am in creating this beast and would like > to donate the needed pieces to the cause, I will commit to writing a web > interface and the pieces to do remote provisioning, and we can market the > new product... > > Cheers, > > j > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
On Mon, 4 May 2009, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:> I have a need for an ATA that will register over wifi. *NOT* a DECT > phone or other cordless type phone plugged into a wired ATA.[snip]> I would like to run DD-WRT on this beast to handle the wifi-client mode, > and I noticed (though have not tried) that DD-WRT has a build that > includes asterisk, which would of course drive the FXS port.This looks interesting: http://www.alibaba.com/product-tp/105418077/Wireless_11b_g_VoIP_SIP_FXO.html Or, how about something like the venerable Linksys WRT-54G talking to an Ebay ex-Vonage Linksys PAP2? You get a 4 port router and the option of wired access to boot. Should price out under US$100. Thanks in advance, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Edwards sedwards at sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000
Take a look at wrp400 from Linksys/Cisco. It has 2 fxs, 802.11g and 4 switched ports + wan.> -----Original Message----- > From: jeff at jeff.net > Sent: Mon, 4 May 2009 19:05:25 +0000 (UTC) > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] wireless ATA > > > > On Mon, 4 May 2009, Jon Pounder wrote: > >> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: >> >> why not just put something like a wet11(wireless bridge) and pap2t(2x >> fxs) in the same box ? >> dev time = 0 >> cost ~100 >> >> those are just two of the many products that would work together to do >> what you want. > > But that wouldn't be anywhere near as fun :) It doesn't accomplish the > end goal of having a product, which I think there would be a market for, > either. The cost is a bit more than $100, though, too - WET11's seem to > go for about $70, and the PAP2T for $50... but that is still > significantly > less than what I am talking about. > > Would anyone buy such a product if it existed? > > j > >> >> >> >>> I have a need for an ATA that will register over wifi. *NOT* a DECT >>> phone >>> or other cordless type phone plugged into a wired ATA. >>> >>> Not seeing one right off, and following the recent discussions about >>> compact fanless systems, I thought a custom build-your-own might not >>> only >>> be useful for my purpose, but may be a viable product in its own right. >>> >>> So I started looking for mini-PCI based FXS cards. The only one I seem >>> to >>> find is the OpenVOX A400M. Anyone have experience with it? Any >>> alternatives? >>> >>> Having perused the last fifty or so emails on the various motherboards >>> available, several seem to have two mini-PCI ports, so the very basic >>> idea >>> is to buy one of them and put both an OpenVOX card and a 802.11g radio >>> card in it. Is there any reason these smallish motherboards would be >>> unable to power both boards? Heat issues? Any suggestions on how to >>> choose one of the wifi cards? >>> >>> I would like to run DD-WRT on this beast to handle the wifi-client >>> mode, >>> and I noticed (though have not tried) that DD-WRT has a build that >>> includes asterisk, which would of course drive the FXS port. >>> >>> I figure the whole thing should cost less than US$250, and in quantity >>> perhaps much less. >>> >>> Another thought is to skip the whole FXS port card and use the built-in >>> sound interface to the small motherboard to drive a simple headset >>> based >>> phone. That would be significantly cheaper. >>> >>> If anyone is as interested as I am in creating this beast and would >>> like >>> to donate the needed pieces to the cause, I will commit to writing a >>> web >>> interface and the pieces to do remote provisioning, and we can market >>> the >>> new product... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> j >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >>> >>> asterisk-users mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users