asterisk users - Dec 2005 - 4-port external sip fxo which doesnt suck?

I'm looking for a 4-port external sip fxo which doesn't suck.

o) Clipcomm CG-410. Poor reviews.
o) Mediatrix 1204. Very poor reviews.
o) Audiocodes MP104. Poor reviews.
o) DLink DVG-3004S. Doesnt seem to exist yet.

Is anyone actually using a 4 port external sip fxo which doesn't suck?

It almost seems better to buy a pile of SPA-3000 and use them for just SIP FXO.

-Dan

asterisk@anime.net wrote:
> I'm looking for a 4-port external sip fxo which doesn't suck.
>
> o) Clipcomm CG-410. Poor reviews.
> o) Mediatrix 1204. Very poor reviews.
> o) Audiocodes MP104. Poor reviews.
> o) DLink DVG-3004S. Doesnt seem to exist yet.
>
> Is anyone actually using a 4 port external sip fxo which doesn't suck?
>
> It almost seems better to buy a pile of SPA-3000 and use them for just 
> SIP FXO.
>
There's a couple from Taiwan that also are not perfect, the VG-400 is 
one Ihave here and I have a couple of Yoda units. Although they work, 
chances are you won't get callerid, the indications will not be right 
for the US, and they work out just as expensive as four SPA-3000s, which 
are very good. Don't hold your breath for firmware updates.
With 4 X SPA3000, if one dies, you can replace just that one, and a 
spare is a lot cheaper that a spare four port.

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For a box that has very poor reviews, it sure is great
to use a box that you can throw in the closet and just
forget about it.  They just always work and sound great.
The first time you configure one is a bit of a pain, but
after that it is cruz time.

I use a linux mib browser (mbrowse) because I work in
an usoft free environment.  I can drop ship a unit and
have them plug it into the pbx lan and then configure it
remotely.  I find snmp more convenient than a browser interface.

I have deployed quite a few Mediatrix 1204 and have never
gone back and looked at any of them again.  They just work.
> I'm looking for a 4-port external sip fxo which doesn't suck.
> o) Clipcomm CG-410. Poor reviews.
> o) Mediatrix 1204. Very poor reviews.
> o) Audiocodes MP104. Poor reviews.
> o) DLink DVG-3004S. Doesnt seem to exist yet.

-- 
Bob Knight
[-w] the work option
bk@minusw.com
925-449-9163

Go with SPA-3000. While it's much more awkward to maintain, they're rock
stable and provide the features they advertise for. I'd also add AddPac 
VoiceFinder series as being not 100% asterisk compatible, expensive and 
not worth your time (learned this the hard way). It took me 6 months to 
persuade AddPac that each FXO/FXS has to use unique Call-ID on the same 
gateway device to work properly with Asterisk and other properly written 
  SIP proxies etc.

HTH,
Vahan

asterisk@anime.net wrote:
> I'm looking for a 4-port external sip fxo which doesn't suck.
> 
> o) Clipcomm CG-410. Poor reviews.
> o) Mediatrix 1204. Very poor reviews.
> o) Audiocodes MP104. Poor reviews.
> o) DLink DVG-3004S. Doesnt seem to exist yet.
> 
> Is anyone actually using a 4 port external sip fxo which doesn't suck?
> 
> It almost seems better to buy a pile of SPA-3000 and use them for just 
> SIP FXO.
> 
> -Dan
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On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:54:46 -0800 (PST), asterisk@anime.net wrote:
>I'm looking for a 4-port external sip fxo which doesn't suck.
>
>o) Clipcomm CG-410. Poor reviews.
>o) Mediatrix 1204. Very poor reviews.
>o) Audiocodes MP104. Poor reviews.
>o) DLink DVG-3004S. Doesnt seem to exist yet.
>
>Is anyone actually using a 4 port external sip fxo which doesn't suck?
>
>It almost seems better to buy a pile of SPA-3000 and use them for just SIP
FXO.
How about a non-traditional solution...skips FXOs altogether. After
much experimentation with SPA-3K, TDM400p and X101p I abandoned the
idea of a local FXO. I call forward my remaining POTS lines to DIDs
provided from an ITSP. This solution has been completely reliable for
over a year. Choose your ITSP wisely, but you can always defeat the
call forwarding and take POTS calls manually...albeit not through
asterisk. Works well for small offices.

Michael



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