Hi, I am renovating my house completely and installing new cabling for communication. I'm not to into this PBX thing but I would like to have a simple one for my house, to have different phone numbers for my family members, some kind of integration with my Broadband telephone, and possibly Skype.... Browsing the digium website didn't make me much wiser. I have a linux box that I can dedicate to this. If I buy for example the Wildcard TE110P card, what can I as a simple homeuser do with this card? I have reasonable knowledge about networking and Linux administration, but next to little about digital telephony and such. erik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060403/5985967a/attachment.htm
Erik - A TE110P would not really be appropriate, unless you plan on having a T1 in your house. You could run Asterisk @ Home on a dedicated box, and something like a TDM21B, which has (1) FXO port and (2) FXS ports. You could run your existing analog (POTS) phone line into the FXO port, and connect two analog phones via the FXS port. You could also have additional SIP phones, both wired and wireless, around your house. This would allow you to make calls out of your analog line, and also make SIP calls via a broadband internet connection (DSL/Cable). Also, since you are connected to the PSTN, you have some failover capabilities. Cory Andrews Executive Vice President ++++++++++++++++++ VoIPSupply.com PBXSelect.com ++++++++++++++++++ 454 Sonwil Drive Buffalo, NY 14225 voice - 800.398.VoIP X3402 fax - 716.630.1548 e - Cory@VoIPSupply.com m - 716.907.4059 aim - B2Cory _____ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of erik Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 10:40 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Beginner: PBX for my house Hi, I am renovating my house completely and installing new cabling for communication. I'm not to into this PBX thing but I would like to have a simple one for my house, to have different phone numbers for my family members, some kind of integration with my Broadband telephone, and possibly Skype.... Browsing the digium <mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> website didn't make me much wiser. I have a linux box that I can dedicate to this. If I buy for example the Wildcard TE110P card, what can I as a simple homeuser do with this card? I have reasonable knowledge about networking and Linux administration, but next to little about digital telephony and such. erik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060403/9b995fb2/attachment.htm
Currently Asterisk will not integrate with Skype. You would need a provider such as Teliax, Broadvoice, IAX.cc or many others or you can use hardware devices to connect to traditional phone lines. You didn't say what broadband phone you have but if its Vonage, there are also issues with "true" integration there as well. There are lots of good articles at VOIPSpeak.net and NerdVittles.com Kerry Garrison Director of Technical Services Tech Data Pros - Orange County's Mobile IT Service Provider (949) 502-7819 x200 - <mailto:kerryg@techdatapros.com> kerryg@techdatapros.com <techdatapros.com> techdatapros.com _____ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of erik Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 7:40 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Beginner: PBX for my house Hi, I am renovating my house completely and installing new cabling for communication. I'm not to into this PBX thing but I would like to have a simple one for my house, to have different phone numbers for my family members, some kind of integration with my Broadband telephone, and possibly Skype.... Browsing the digium <mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> website didn't make me much wiser. I have a linux box that I can dedicate to this. If I buy for example the Wildcard TE110P card, what can I as a simple homeuser do with this card? I have reasonable knowledge about networking and Linux administration, but next to little about digital telephony and such. erik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060403/ed429c03/attachment.htm