asterisk users - Sep 2004 - Asterisk + ISDN BRI - gateway or card?

Hi All,

Has anyone had experiences with Asterisk and ISDN Gateways or cards? I am 
looking to setup a home phone system using asterisk and am looking to 
convert my two existing no's to a single isdn2e line. 

I was wandering if anyone could recommend which is better to use with 
asterisk - ISDN Card or gateway? also which brands are best with 
linux/asterisk? I have used eicon BRI cards for fax servers which worked 
well, but they are expensive and were a pain to setup. Are they even 
supported in asterisk?

Thanks,

Sam
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 slwatts@winckworths.co.uk wrote:
> Has anyone had experiences with Asterisk and ISDN Gateways or cards? I am 
> looking to setup a home phone system using asterisk and am looking to 
> convert my two existing no's to a single isdn2e line. 
> 
> I was wandering if anyone could recommend which is better to use with 
> asterisk - ISDN Card or gateway? also which brands are best with 
> linux/asterisk? I have used eicon BRI cards for fax servers which worked 
> well, but they are expensive and were a pain to setup. Are they even 
> supported in asterisk?
I'd vote for a card.  You'll have the best results using a card with the
HFC-S chip and Kapejod's driver (www.junghanns.net).  Next best is an AVM 
Fritz! card with the CAPI interface and Kapejod's CAPI driver.  

The BT Speedway ISDN PCI card is an AVM Fritz! card - cheap on EBay.

Regards,
Steve