asterisk users - Feb 2005 - WAS: Strategy for a stable IAXy NOW: IAXy vs old P-3

John Novack wrote:
>And the only IAX2 box made is the Digium one, with it's current
shortcomings ?
>From reading through the archives, it seems there is currently no way to
reset  to factory default, no >written MAC address on an individual box, and
some other instabilities requiring frequent resets. 

Yeah, there's the rub. Dunno if it's worth it, I'm willing to give
it a try
with a power reset thingy if that's the only thing I have to deal with.
That's why I'm asking for opinions and strategies. I only have 1 shot to
make this thing work. If the user is dissapointed, they will have lost all
confidence in Asterisk. 

My other option is to drop an old P-3 in the location and IAX it to our
production server, then stick in a TDM400. I'd rather to do an IAXy since
there's (supposed to be) less meatspace overhead. 

Eric Wieling wrote:
>The IAXy does not support low bandwidth protocols.
Hrm, you're right. Looking at the datasheet, closest I can come is ADPCM.
Maybe this IAXy thing I should sit on. 

OK, new question: IAXy vs old P-3 & TDM-400 - Opinions on hassle,
reliability, hackability etc? What would you guys do?

> >And the only IAX2 box made is the Digium one, with it's current
> shortcomings ?
hmm why not try one of the pa-168 
http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=PA168 based iax2 phones ?
http://www.ariavoice.com/items/108
http://ipphone.eezeephone.com/index_files/Page466.htm
http://www.iaxtalk.com/
etc