asterisk users - Nov 2007 - Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board

Hi all,

I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board
(AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian
variant).
I'm using it at home for a month.

I wondered how much it could be loaded, so I tested it with pbx-test:
I could place up to 15 simultaneous SIP calls before it got no more
responsive.

All in all a good, stable and cheap solution for home and home-office
environments.

My 2 cents,

Giuseppe

Other than the Alix board, what else is needed to make a working PC?


On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 07:28 -0600,
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> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:14:15 +0100
> From: Giuseppe Barichello <beppuz at freemail.it>
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board
> (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian
> variant).
> I'm using it at home for a month.
> 
> I wondered how much it could be loaded, so I tested it with pbx-test:
> I could place up to 15 simultaneous SIP calls before it got no more
> responsive.
> 
> All in all a good, stable and cheap solution for home and home-office
> environments.
> 
> My 2 cents,
> 
> Giuseppe
-- 

(C) Matthew Rubenstein

On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 22:14 +0100, Giuseppe Barichello
wrote:
> I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board
> (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian
> variant).
> I'm using it at home for a month.
> 
That's very interesting! I've been curious about trying this. Did you
run across any challenges getting this setup?

Bob

Il giorno Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:54:38 -0500
Matthew Rubenstein <email at mattruby.com> ha scritto:
> 	Other than the Alix board, what else is needed to make a working PC?
> 
You need a CF as main storage device (it is mounted ro on /). I also use
an USB stick where I mount /var in rw mode.
Obviously you need even a power supply (sold by Pcengines).

Giuseppe

> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:39:31 -0600
> From: Bob Pierce <pierceb at westmancom.com>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> 	<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Message-ID: <1195490371.10762.84.camel at pc703.westman.int>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 22:14 +0100, Giuseppe Barichello wrote:
> > I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board
> > (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian
> > variant).
> > I'm using it at home for a month.
> > 
> That's very interesting! I've been curious about trying this. Did
you
> run across any challenges getting this setup?
> 
Two main issues:
1) Understanding how voyage linux configures read-only and rw mounts (I
wanted to mount all /var tree as rw)
2) Getting MOH play MP3 sound files with Debian standard packages: I
had to recompile Asterisk from source to fix it.

Giuseppe

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:14:15 +0100, Giuseppe Barichello
<beppuz at freemail.it> wrote:
>I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board
>(AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian
>variant).
Very nice :-)

I'd rather use a PCI card to connect * to the POTS, and a hard-disk
instead of a CF card. Do you know of a similar, small form-factor
motherboard + case that would fit the bill?

Thanks.

> Is the PCI slot large enough for full height, half length PCI boards ?
Yes.
> Has you heard of a  PCI Express version ?
No but the way chipsets are coming down in price, I would imagine someone
will have it soon.

John


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