asterisk users - Jan 2004 - minimum system hardware for Asterisk install

Looking at installing Asterisk and have not been able to find any info on
"minimum" or "recommend" system hardware.

I have a box P200MMX 128mb 4.5gb HDD which is running Redhat 8.0 fine.

Noticing on the Digium web site it mentions that the single fxo card
(Wildcard X100P) requires a minimum pIII 500.

Is my intended box going to be too slow?

My application is a small level, single port only system. I hope to be able
to connect the box to the Free World Dialup network to allow free call
access out into Australia as well as provide one pstn number into the FWD
network on a standard Australian phone number.

Not knowing a great deal about the particular card (Wildcard X100P) is there
another card on the market supported by asterisk that would work on an older
box?

Regards,

Ian.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Ian Pilkington
> Sent: Monday, 19 January 2004 1:51
> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] minimum system hardware for Asterisk install
> 
> Looking at installing Asterisk and have not been able to find 
> any info on
> "minimum" or "recommend" system hardware.
> 
> I have a box P200MMX 128mb 4.5gb HDD which is running Redhat 8.0 fine.
> 
> Noticing on the Digium web site it mentions that the single fxo card
> (Wildcard X100P) requires a minimum pIII 500.
> 
> Is my intended box going to be too slow?
Maybe, we are running 4 (2xISDN2) lines via 2 AVM Fritz!Cards on a Celeron
300A, which seems to work fine, we haven't loaded it up heaps though.
> My application is a small level, single port only system. I 
> hope to be able
> to connect the box to the Free World Dialup network to allow free call
> access out into Australia as well as provide one pstn number 
> into the FWD
> network on a standard Australian phone number.
The X100P isn't A-ticked -- i.e. In Australia you need the telco's
written
permission to plug it into their network or risk fines.
> 
> Not knowing a great deal about the particular card (Wildcard 
> X100P) is there
> another card on the market supported by asterisk that would 
> work on an older
> box?
I think the cheapest A-ticked card is the ISDN NetJet from traverse, but it
gives echo problems.
We find the Fritz!Card gives nice quality.  I think the netjet is around
AU$200 for 2 lines via 1 ISDN 2, and we paid $400 for each of our fritzes
from the australian distributor (the only way to get an A-tick)

I've heard an A-ticked X100P may be coming out soon.