I'm sure this has been asked more times than anyone cares to count, but I want to make sure I get the right stuff. I'm installing Asterisk at home solely to play with and learn VoIP (plus it sounds pretty cool so it has that going for it too). Eventually all my phones (~4 of them) will go through my Asterisk system. I've ordered my server hardware, here's what I've got: Trinity GC-SL Intel 2.66 533MHz 512MB PC2100 ECC WD 160GB IDE And some minor stuff (cdrom, floppy, etc.). Since this is strictly an educational platform for one person, I would think that's more than enough to handle my small number of calls. So I'm comfortable with that much...it's the Digium hardware I'm struggling with. What I'd like to do is connect the Asterisk PBX to my PSTN phone line so I think I need an X100P so I can make and take external PSTN calls, correct? I don't own a digital phone yet, so I think I also need to get at least one IAXy module for one of my analog phones (I'm still trying to figure out what kind of digital phone to get, recommendations are welcomed there too). I assume that any digital phone I get can talk to the PBX over Ethernet so I shouldn't need additional cards for that. Am I way off base on any of this or am I going in the right direction? Thanks, Dave -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20041022/aaab9b12/attachment.htm
if by "digital phone" you mean IP phone like a grandstream or a snom, then yes, you don't need any additional hardware to connect to * (except an rj45 cable, of course.) -yair On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:19:18 -0400, David Ishmael <dishmael@windwardcg.com> wrote:> > > > I'm sure this has been asked more times than anyone cares to count, but I > want to make sure I get the right stuff. I'm installing Asterisk at home > solely to play with and learn VoIP (plus it sounds pretty cool so it has > that going for it too). Eventually all my phones (~4 of them) will go > through my Asterisk system. I've ordered my server hardware, here's what > I've got: > > Trinity GC-SL > Intel 2.66 533MHz > 512MB PC2100 ECC > WD 160GB IDE > > And some minor stuff (cdrom, floppy, etc.). Since this is strictly an > educational platform for one person, I would think that's more than enough > to handle my small number of calls. So I'm comfortable with that much...it's > the Digium hardware I'm struggling with. What I'd like to do is connect the > Asterisk PBX to my PSTN phone line so I think I need an X100P so I can make > and take external PSTN calls, correct? > > I don't own a digital phone yet, so I think I also need to get at least one > IAXy module for one of my analog phones (I'm still trying to figure out what > kind of digital phone to get, recommendations are welcomed there too). I > assume that any digital phone I get can talk to the PBX over Ethernet so I > shouldn't need additional cards for that. Am I way off base on any of this > or am I going in the right direction? > > > > Thanks, > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
We would like to test Asterisk in our small office - 5 users. We are a small computer shop in New Orleans and would like to offer VoIP and Asterisk to our clients but we are very new to VoIP and Asterisk. We feel the best way to learn is to jump in. We've signed up w/ Teliax and setup a D-link phone that works OK - but our goal is an Asterisk PBX. We would like to avoid as many costly mistakes as possible. We plan on keeping 2 analog lines for emergencies, VoIP down, 911, credit card machine, and Fax machine as we understand Fax and CC machines are very unreliable w/ VoIP but plan on integrating them in to the Asterisk with an FXO card We are looking for recommendations for VoIP phones and a 1 or 2 Line FXO(?) card. I suspect the first is kinda vague and the latter is a Digium card. Just looking for solutions, brands, and even vendors that are known to work well. Phone needs 4 lines, Hold, VM, Caller ID Any advice appreciated Thanks, Dane
Dane, install an asterisk@home cd and look at how it is configured as a first step. Cheers, Dean -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dane Reugger Sent: Monday, 23 January 2006 10:45 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Hardware recommendations We would like to test Asterisk in our small office - 5 users. We are a small computer shop in New Orleans and would like to offer VoIP and Asterisk to our clients but we are very new to VoIP and Asterisk. We feel the best way to learn is to jump in. We've signed up w/ Teliax and setup a D-link phone that works OK - but our goal is an Asterisk PBX. We would like to avoid as many costly mistakes as possible. We plan on keeping 2 analog lines for emergencies, VoIP down, 911, credit card machine, and Fax machine as we understand Fax and CC machines are very unreliable w/ VoIP but plan on integrating them in to the Asterisk with an FXO card We are looking for recommendations for VoIP phones and a 1 or 2 Line FXO(?) card. I suspect the first is kinda vague and the latter is a Digium card. Just looking for solutions, brands, and even vendors that are known to work well. Phone needs 4 lines, Hold, VM, Caller ID Any advice appreciated Thanks, Dane _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Polycom SoundPoint 601 has 4 'lines'. :) -----Original Message----- From: pdhales@optusnet.com.au [mailto:pdhales@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Mon 1/23/2006 9:24 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Cc: Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Hardware recommendations Needing a 4 line phone is going to decrease your choices of phones. Why do you need 4 lines? PaulH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Reugger" <dane@downtownpc.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:45 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Hardware recommendations > We would like to test Asterisk in our small office - 5 users. We are a > small computer shop in New Orleans and would like to offer VoIP and > Asterisk to our clients but we are very new to VoIP and Asterisk. We > feel the best way to learn is to jump in. > > We've signed up w/ Teliax and setup a D-link phone that works OK - but > our goal is an Asterisk PBX. We would like to avoid as many costly > mistakes as possible. We plan on keeping 2 analog lines for emergencies, > VoIP down, 911, credit card machine, and Fax machine as we understand > Fax and CC machines are very unreliable w/ VoIP but plan on integrating > them in to the Asterisk with an FXO card > > We are looking for recommendations for VoIP phones and a 1 or 2 Line > FXO(?) card. I suspect the first is kinda vague and the latter is a > Digium card. Just looking for solutions, brands, and even vendors that > are known to work well. > > Phone needs 4 lines, Hold, VM, Caller ID > > Any advice appreciated > > Thanks, > > Dane > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 5658 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060123/dd7306c9/attachment.bin
Do the linksys phones support BLF? A lot of businesses require/expect BLF. Do the linksys phones support Asterisk setting the ring-type to auto answer so that you can do paging and intercom? Businesses expect this too. -----Original Message----- From: Cory Andrews [mailto:Cory@VOIPSupply.com] Sent: Mon 1/23/2006 9:40 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Cc: Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Hardware recommendations Dane - I might suggest the following. (5) Linksys SPA-841, SPA-941 or SPA-942 (All work very well with Asterisk, and support 4 line appearances) Not sure what your broadband is in the office, with 5 users I am guessing you are utilizing DSL or Cable broadband. You might want to consider purchasing a firewall with QOS capabilities, like a the Sonicwall TZ170, which is relatively inexpensive. This will also give you remote VPN capabilities and if you want to set up remote extensions off your Asterisk PBX this comes in handy. Here is a good article on the TZ170 firewall. http://www.voiploop.com/blogs/product-review-sonicwall-firewall-tz170-2.htm For dual FXO you'll want a Digium TDM02B or you could purchase an external, 2 port FXO gateway. Also, once you have your Asterisk server up and running, determine the power load of the server, your LAN switch, and any related equipment, and invest in a decent UPS like a Tripplite or APC unit. Cory J Andrews ++++++++++++ VOIPSupply.com 454 Sonwil Drive Buffalo, NY 14225 ++++++++++++++ voice - 716.630.1555 X22 email - Cory@VOIPSupply.com AIM - B2CORY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Reugger" <dane@downtownpc.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Hardware recommendations > We would like to test Asterisk in our small office - 5 users. We are a > small computer shop in New Orleans and would like to offer VoIP and > Asterisk to our clients but we are very new to VoIP and Asterisk. We > feel the best way to learn is to jump in. > > We've signed up w/ Teliax and setup a D-link phone that works OK - but > our goal is an Asterisk PBX. We would like to avoid as many costly > mistakes as possible. We plan on keeping 2 analog lines for emergencies, > VoIP down, 911, credit card machine, and Fax machine as we understand > Fax and CC machines are very unreliable w/ VoIP but plan on integrating > them in to the Asterisk with an FXO card > > We are looking for recommendations for VoIP phones and a 1 or 2 Line > FXO(?) card. I suspect the first is kinda vague and the latter is a > Digium card. Just looking for solutions, brands, and even vendors that > are known to work well. > > Phone needs 4 lines, Hold, VM, Caller ID > > Any advice appreciated > > Thanks, > > Dane > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Actually, call groups are yet another layer of complexity. Let me try another explanation. With VoIP, the distinction between a call appearance capability and a line is artificial to an extent. Think of a line as the analog for a pair of copper wires. Think of a call appearance as call waiting capability on a line. Well, not exactly, but it works for me. In practice, "lines" are identities as understood by the phone and the SIP server (Asterisk). So when a call arrives, the actual line it arrives on is indicated in some fashion, depending on the phone. It probably has separate line buttons and/or LEDs to indicate which line is ringing or to press to answer. And because there are different lines, you can specify different behaviors to associate with the lines for whatever purpose, such as call forwarding, anonymous call reject, or whatever. Similarly, you may select from the various lines in order to place an outgoing call which affects, among other things, the call record and caller ID. Whether this is useful to you depends on your organizational requirements. This leaves aside the question of how you direct calls to the phone based on your dialplan, which provides another layer of identity in some sense - a topic for a separate discussion, perhaps. On top of this, each identity (line) can have mutliple call appearances. This simply means that you can have multiple calls in progress (originated or answered) simultaneously. The mechanism for managing this varies by phone and configuration. Beyond this, Asterisk can be programmed to ring multiple lines for an incoming call. Call groups/pickup groups, are a way of defining associations so that a user of a line that is not ringing can answer a call directed to another line (or other lines) which is (are) ringing. Does this make sense? Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:49:38 -0800 From: Gary Richardson <gary.richardson@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Hardware recommendations To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Message-ID: <be2921990601241049h53e72b1bkf68cabc3e67f8134@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1>From my understanding this is more like a 'Key' system than a 'PBX'.You can make all you phones ring when a certain number is dialed. The first one to pick up gets the call. I can't think of exactly what this functionality is called, but I believe there are menus for it in Asterisk@Home. Perhaps it's call groups? You need to think of asterisk as a multiplexor -- you have x number of lines coming in from the PSTN and y number of phones. Not all phones are active at one time and it is completely indescriminate when it comes to the next available line. It doesn't matter which line gets picked up when you dial 9, just that you get an outside line. You should be able to get your telco to assign the same phone number on mutliple lines and it will ring through to the next available line (similar to how a T1 works). On 1/24/06, Dane Reugger <dane@downtownpc.com> wrote:>> Maybe I am getting this wrong - every phone I look at says it handles a >> given number of lines. >> >> I don't want to spend the extra for 4 appearances when all I need is 2. >> Where I must be missing something is: >> >> Imagine w/ have 2 appearances phones - no operator - the phones just ring. >> >> Lets say a call comes in and its for Joe, Joe picks up >> another call comes in, this time for Fred - he picks up >> now a call comes for me - wouldn't their above calls occupy all of our >> appearances? >> >> If not I would think we would need some type of operator forwarding the >> call to the phones instead of just having them ring. >> >> Sorry, I'm not getting it - maybe I'm just too old fashioned. I'm trying >> to do this as simply and economically as possibly w/o sacrificing quality. >> >> Your help is GREATLY appreciated. >> >> -Dane >> >> >> >> >> Kerry Garrison wrote: > > >>> > You need to separate lines from call appearances. Asterisk has lines (actual >>> > phone lines) and phones have call appearances (number of simultaneous calls >>> > the phone can handle). You could have 1000 lines going into your Asterisk >>> > box but the typical user doesn't need more than 2 - 4 simultaneous calls. >>> > On the flip side, you could have 4 "lines" coming into your asterisk server >>> > and have 100 phones with 4 call appearances each. By using Asterisk to >>> > manage the lines, you don't need 400 phone lines to support 100 phones w/4 >>> > call appearances each. >>> > >>> > Kerry Garrison >>> > Publisher - http://GeekGazette.com - http://VOIPSpeak.net >>> > (949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg@techdatapros.com >>> > http://www.techdatapros.com >>> > >>> > >>> > >> >> >>>> >> -----Original Message----- >>>> >> From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com >>>> >> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of >>>> >> Dane Reugger >>>> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:09 AM >>>> >> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion >>>> >> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Hardware recommendations >>>> >> >>>> >> If you have 16 call appearances or lines - how do you get to >>>> >> line 16 - type in some code? >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Adam Goryachev wrote: >>>> >> >>> >>> >>>>> >>> On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 23:00 -0700, Douglas Garstang wrote: >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Polycom SoundPoint 601 has 4 'lines'. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> Actually, it has 6 'lines' >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Needing a 4 line phone is going to decrease your >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> choices of phones. >>>> >> >>> >>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> Why do you need 4 lines? >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> He probably hasn't worked out the difference between 'call >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> appearances' >>>> >> >>> >>> >>>>> >>> and lines yet.... Even a polycom 301 (with 2 'lines' can >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> handle loads >>>> >> >>> >>> >>>>> >>> of calls, I think the limit is something like 16 per line, >>>>> >>> configurable in the xml file). >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Regards, >>>>> >>> Adam >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Asterisk-Users mailing list >>>>> >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>>>> >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >>>> >> >>>> >> Asterisk-Users mailing list >>>> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>>> >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >>> >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >>> > >>> > Asterisk-Users mailing list >>> > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >> >> Asterisk-Users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > >-------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related