I am looking for hardware recommendations for a new asterisk setup. I want to connect 8 analog phone lines (I think the term used is POTS?), to an asterisk server similar to the way the Wildcard TDM400 with FXO cards would. However, The Asterisk server is rack-mount lacking the needed PCI ports, so I need something that is standalone. What is a good solution for this? Thanks, and please forgive my uncertainty of terminoligy. I am very new to the VOIP / PBX worlds. I thought elves made the phone ring!
I think the easiest way to accomplish that would be through a channel bank which could rackmount as well, and interface via T1 to the computer, thus only one PCI card and room to grow to 24 channels, FXO and even FXS. That or go with a 2U rackmount computer. Regards, Bryce Chidester Rhino Equipment Corp. bryce@rhinoequipment.com SIP: 305@rhinoequipment.zapto.org +1 (480) 940-1826 x305 IAX: guest@rhinoequipment.zapto.org/305 On Jun 30, 2005, at 14:53, Chris Gamble wrote:> I am looking for hardware recommendations for a new asterisk setup. > I want to connect 8 analog phone lines (I think the term used is > POTS?), to an asterisk server similar to the way the Wildcard > TDM400 with FXO cards would. However, The Asterisk server is rack- > mount lacking the needed PCI ports, so I need something that is > standalone. What is a good solution for this? > > Thanks, and please forgive my uncertainty of terminoligy. I am very > new to the VOIP / PBX worlds. I thought elves made the phone ring! > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
Any chance you could drop some product names for me to further research on the T1/channel bank solution? Preferably something I can get from a vendor in the Texas, USA area -- or is this off-topic? -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Bryce Chidester Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:19 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] New Setup with Analog Phone lines I think the easiest way to accomplish that would be through a channel bank which could rackmount as well, and interface via T1 to the computer, thus only one PCI card and room to grow to 24 channels, FXO and even FXS. That or go with a 2U rackmount computer. Regards, Bryce Chidester Rhino Equipment Corp. bryce@rhinoequipment.com SIP: 305@rhinoequipment.zapto.org +1 (480) 940-1826 x305 IAX: guest@rhinoequipment.zapto.org/305 On Jun 30, 2005, at 14:53, Chris Gamble wrote:> I am looking for hardware recommendations for a new asterisk setup. > I want to connect 8 analog phone lines (I think the term used is > POTS?), to an asterisk server similar to the way the Wildcard > TDM400 with FXO cards would. However, The Asterisk server is rack- > mount lacking the needed PCI ports, so I need something that is > standalone. What is a good solution for this? > > Thanks, and please forgive my uncertainty of terminoligy. I am very > new to the VOIP / PBX worlds. I thought elves made the phone ring!