Yiannis Costopoulos, Web2Net Solutions Ltd.
2004-Jun-27 08:10 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Multiple X100P in Asterisk box?
Hi, I am the "IT guy" at a small startup based in UK. At the moment we have 3 analogue (PSTN) lines and we will be adding another 2 or 3 soon. Later on we should be changing to ISDN30. One of the partners mentioned getting an analogue PBX now, and when we move to ISDN, then get a digital PBX. I though of Asterisk. I have seen the website in the past and I know that it can do the job (even better than a PBX). I need to know, is it possible to have multiple X100P (5 or 6) cards in the same Asterisk box? What phones should I use in the office? Any suggestions? Are soft phones reliable enough on Windows PC's for a small call-centre/telesales department (5-6 stations)? Thanks, Yiannis.
You can use the new digium TDM cards with 4x FXO modules you'd only need 2 then. -----Original Message----- From: Yiannis Costopoulos, Web2Net Solutions Ltd. [mailto:yiannis@w2ns.com] Sent: 27 June 2004 16:11 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Multiple X100P in Asterisk box? Hi, I am the "IT guy" at a small startup based in UK. At the moment we have 3 analogue (PSTN) lines and we will be adding another 2 or 3 soon. Later on we should be changing to ISDN30. One of the partners mentioned getting an analogue PBX now, and when we move to ISDN, then get a digital PBX. I though of Asterisk. I have seen the website in the past and I know that it can do the job (even better than a PBX). I need to know, is it possible to have multiple X100P (5 or 6) cards in the same Asterisk box? What phones should I use in the office? Any suggestions? Are soft phones reliable enough on Windows PC's for a small call-centre/telesales department (5-6 stations)? Thanks, Yiannis. _______________________________________________ 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
You can use soft-phones, but I've never seen a PC with true 'full-duplex' audio, so a user's experience on a soft-phone isn't quite as nice as it would be on a 'real' phone. Our company has been using Cisco 7940 and 7960 SIP phones with a lot of success. The phones are business class (they should be for $350 each), with all of the features that you would expect in a business phone. A quick google search identified a couple of places where one could purchase 'refurbished' or 'used' SIP phones at reasonable prices to test out and see which one you liked the best for your purposes. Our company bought five different phones (IPDialog, Polycom, SNOM, Cisco, and Bugetel) to test out before deciding on which phone we liked the best. I've currently got an Asterisk system supporting 20 Cisco 7960 phones with an ISDN (US) T-1. It works well and the users are very pleased with the functionality since their previous system was an old Executone Key system. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Yiannis Costopoulos, Web2Net Solutions Ltd. Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 10:11 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Multiple X100P in Asterisk box? Hi, I am the "IT guy" at a small startup based in UK. At the moment we have 3 analogue (PSTN) lines and we will be adding another 2 or 3 soon. Later on we should be changing to ISDN30. One of the partners mentioned getting an analogue PBX now, and when we move to ISDN, then get a digital PBX. I though of Asterisk. I have seen the website in the past and I know that it can do the job (even better than a PBX). I need to know, is it possible to have multiple X100P (5 or 6) cards in the same Asterisk box? What phones should I use in the office? Any suggestions? Are soft phones reliable enough on Windows PC's for a small call-centre/telesales department (5-6 stations)? Thanks, Yiannis. _______________________________________________ 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 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.700 / Virus Database: 457 - Release Date: 6/6/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.700 / Virus Database: 457 - Release Date: 6/6/2004
On Jun 27, 2004, at 10:00 AM, asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com wrote:> I can source second hand X100P for a very low price. Since it is for > temporary use, I would like to use those. So can I hvae 5 or 6 of them > in 1 > box? Will Asterisk be able to "see" them as separate entities?Yes, they are seen as individuals like nics. I run two X100P cards. However, you may run into major problems with interrupt sharing with that many cards. In my system, I have 5 PCI slots. Slots 1 and 5 share the same IRQ, so I can only use one card in either of those. Slot 3 shared one with the video card, which caused a hard freeze every time I loaded the kernel module for them. That left room for three cards max, two with the nic. All systems are different, of course, so you may have to play around to see what works for you. -- Seth "ad aster per aspera" Mattinen sethm@rollernet.us