Hi everyone, I'm completely new to Asterisk and before I buy any card, I would like to ask for some information. 1. We'll be using analog PSTN phone lines. Is there anything that I should ask the telecom company before I buy the card? What I mean is whether the card will be compatible with the line? 2. What about the hardware on the PC? I will be using at least a Pentium 3 with a 600 or 700 MHz processor with at least 256 MB. Is there a way to know how much traffic or calls it can handle? 3. Suppose I buy a TDM04B card. It has 4 FXO modules and 0 FXS module. Later I decide that I need a TDM13B configuration. Can I just buy 1 FXS S110M module and replace one existing FXO module myself and reconfigure Asterisk? 4. Does fax work fine with Asterisk? Should I use one FXS module for each fax machine? 5. Is the power connector on the card identical to the power connectors inside PCs? Thank you for any help. I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070312/14098e1c/attachment-0001.htm
> > > 1. We'll be using analog PSTN phone lines. Is there anything that I should > ask the telecom company before I buy the card? What I mean is whether the > card will be compatible with the line? >Just regular lines... not T1 or PRI? You shouldn't have any issues. 2. What about the hardware on the PC? I will be using at least a Pentium 3> with a 600 or 700 MHz processor with at least 256 MB. Is there a way to know > how much traffic or calls it can handle? >This is a little on the low side. Is this a system for work? If so, I'd suggest a GIG of RAM and at least a 1Ghz processor. 3. Suppose I buy a TDM04B card. It has 4 FXO modules and 0 FXS module. Later> I decide that I need a TDM13B configuration. Can I just buy 1 FXS S110M > module and replace one existing FXO module myself and reconfigure Asterisk? >Absolutely! 4. Does fax work fine with Asterisk? Should I use one FXS module for each> fax machine? >Fax works ok as long as you aren't going over a high latency VoIP connection. PSTN to FXO should work ok. 5. Is the power connector on the card identical to the power connectors> inside PCs? >Yes, but you only need this if you hook up FXS modules. Thank you for any help.> > > I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? > http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > 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/20070312/978de94b/attachment.htm
Hi everyone, I'm completely new to Asterisk and before I buy any card, I would like to ask for some information. 1. We'll be using analog PSTN phone lines. Is there anything that I should ask the telecom company before I buy the card? What I mean is whether the card will be compatible with the line? 2. What about the hardware on the PC? I will be using at least a Pentium 3 with a 600 or 700 MHz processor with at least 256 MB. Is there a way to know how much traffic or calls it can handle? 3. Suppose I buy a TDM04B card. It has 4 FXO modules and 0 FXS module. Later I decide that I need a TDM13B configuration. Can I just buy 1 FXS S110M module and replace one existing FXO module myself and reconfigure Asterisk? 4. Does fax work fine with Asterisk? Should I use one FXS module for each fax machine? 5. Is the power connector on the card identical to the power connectors inside PCs? Thank you for any help. I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html