Hi All I am working on setting up a * system to replace our current voicemail box. I may also end up using it for a few Voip calls. Anyway, I have heard some people complaining about the new Digium Fxo cards and having problems with them. I do not yet have the computer so if certain issues are caused by other hardware I could work around them. Does anyone trust these cards enough to use them? I hant to make sure this setup is clean so I can convince my boss to move to asterisk for the whole system. If these cards are no good, what other hardware is out there in the same kind of price range ($300-400) that can handle 4 Fxo's. Thanks Joel Duffield
Sipura spa-3000, about $100 each, so 4 will take care of your 4 fxo need and you will also have 4 fxs ports, there is one fxo and one fxo per unit. Digium cards would be the ideal solutions, but there does seem to be some issues that Digium is not resolving quickly.> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Joel Duffield > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:08 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Best gateway to use for *? > > Hi All > > I am working on setting up a * system to replace our current > voicemail box. I may also end up using it for a few Voip > calls. Anyway, I have heard some people complaining about the > new Digium Fxo cards and having problems with them. I do not > yet have the computer so if certain issues are caused by > other hardware I could work around them. Does anyone trust > these cards enough to use them? I hant to make sure this > setup is clean so I can convince my boss to move to asterisk > for the whole system. If these cards are no good, what other > hardware is out there in the same kind of price range > ($300-400) that can handle 4 Fxo's. > > Thanks > Joel Duffield > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
I have to date NOT had a problem with the Digium HW. You just got to pick the right Mobo. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com <asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com> To: special_joel@spymac.com <special_joel@spymac.com>; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Sat Jan 08 14:57:53 2005 Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Best gateway to use for *? Sipura spa-3000, about $100 each, so 4 will take care of your 4 fxo need and you will also have 4 fxs ports, there is one fxo and one fxo per unit. Digium cards would be the ideal solutions, but there does seem to be some issues that Digium is not resolving quickly.> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Joel Duffield > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:08 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Best gateway to use for *? > > Hi All > > I am working on setting up a * system to replace our current > voicemail box. I may also end up using it for a few Voip > calls. Anyway, I have heard some people complaining about the > new Digium Fxo cards and having problems with them. I do not > yet have the computer so if certain issues are caused by > other hardware I could work around them. Does anyone trust > these cards enough to use them? I hant to make sure this > setup is clean so I can convince my boss to move to asterisk > for the whole system. If these cards are no good, what other > hardware is out there in the same kind of price range > ($300-400) that can handle 4 Fxo's. > > Thanks > Joel Duffield > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >_______________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050108/e32b1508/attachment.htm
Joel, I know there are some very vocal critics of the TDM cards on this newsgroup, but we also have many customers who are using them with no problems. There are many variables involved and I am not personally convinced that it is fair to say all of the reported problems are the fault of the Digium cards. Digium did have a bad revision of these cards, and frankly they did not do a good job of getting these problem units out of circulation. It is possible that a good percentage of the troubles we hear about are related to this bad batch of cards. Also, it does seem that the use of multiple cards is less reliable in some systems. The Digium cards offer low cost and tight integration with Asterisk, both big benefits. Another option worthy of consideration is to use external analog gateways such as those offered by Mediatrix or Audiocodes. My personal opinion is that separating the analog interface from the Asterisk server offers significant architectural advantages, but the cost is higher and these devices have their own learning curve. We use the TDM cards in our own systems all the time with no problems. Then again, we also use every other thing that people warn against on here: VIA motherboards, Fedora, Grandstream phones. Sometimes it takes some diligence to work through the issues, but in all these cases we have determined that these products offered benefits that made the effort worthwhile. Michael Crown Managing Partner The VoIP Connection vox: 321.989.6728 ext. 611 fax: 321.989.0284 email:mike@thevoipconnection.com
Miguel Ruiz Velasco Sobrino
2005-Jan-10 10:01 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Re: Best gateway to use for *?
Also, i've used it for a couple of months and i have had a great experience since the begining; I think if you have a too cheap MoBo, your chances of getting that work, will be lower.> >I have to date NOT had a problem with the Digium HW. You just got to pick the rightMobo.> >-----Original Message----- >From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com <asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com> >To: special_joel@spymac.com <special_joel@spymac.com>; Asterisk Users Mailing List - >Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> >Sent: Sat Jan 08 14:57:53 2005 >Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Best gateway to use for *? > >Sipura spa-3000, about $100 each, so 4 will take care of your 4 fxo need >and you will also have 4 fxs ports, there is one fxo and one fxo per >unit. Digium cards would be the ideal solutions, but there does seem to >be some issues that Digium is not resolving quickly. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com >> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of >> Joel Duffield >> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:08 AM >> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com >> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Best gateway to use for *? >> >> Hi All >> >> I am working on setting up a * system to replace our current >> voicemail box. I may also end up using it for a few Voip >> calls. Anyway, I have heard some people complaining about the >> new Digium Fxo cards and having problems with them. I do not >> yet have the computer so if certain issues are caused by >> other hardware I could work around them. Does anyone trust >> these cards enough to use them? I hant to make sure this >> setup is clean so I can convince my boss to move to asterisk >> for the whole system. If these cards are no good, what other >> hardware is out there in the same kind of price range >> ($300-400) that can handle 4 Fxo's. >> >> Thanks >> Joel Duffield====Miguel Ruiz Velasco Version: OpenKeyServer v1.2 Comment: Extracted from belgium.keyserver.net Signature: 0x59831109 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo