asterisk users - Aug 2008 - I used to use an Asterisk server, but now it is overkill, ...

I had installed in the office an Asterisk server, but the company is
gone and I could keep the server.

However, for my family with three members and two phone lines this
server is overkill. I am looking for a compact solution, which is more
suitable for me.

I want a small & silent box, which can connect two phone lines and 6
internal VoIP phones and about 6 external VoIP phones.
I would like to have:
1. Announcements for callers (dial the extension number)
2. voice mail with mail forwarding
3. wakeup call
4. pickup group
5. call forwarding after 20 seconds, ...
6. ISN support, Sipbroker support
7. remote gateway support

I guess that is all what I would need at home.

What is your suggestion for that?

bye

Ronald

On 01:30, Wed 13 Aug 08, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
> I had installed in the office an Asterisk server, but the company is
> gone and I could keep the server.
> 
> However, for my family with three members and two phone lines this
> server is overkill. I am looking for a compact solution, which is more
> suitable for me.
> 
> I want a small & silent box, which can connect two phone lines and 6
> internal VoIP phones and about 6 external VoIP phones.
> I would like to have:
> 1. Announcements for callers (dial the extension number)
> 2. voice mail with mail forwarding
> 3. wakeup call
> 4. pickup group
> 5. call forwarding after 20 seconds, ...
> 6. ISN support, Sipbroker support
> 7. remote gateway support
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On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Ronald Wiplinger <ronald at elmit.com>
wrote:
> I had installed in the office an Asterisk server, but the company is
> gone and I could keep the server.
>
> However, for my family with three members and two phone lines this
> server is overkill. I am looking for a compact solution, which is more
> suitable for me.
>
> I want a small & silent box, which can connect two phone lines and 6
> internal VoIP phones and about 6 external VoIP phones.
> I would like to have:
> 1. Announcements for callers (dial the extension number)
> 2. voice mail with mail forwarding
> 3. wakeup call
> 4. pickup group
> 5. call forwarding after 20 seconds, ...
> 6. ISN support, Sipbroker support
> 7. remote gateway support
>
> I guess that is all what I would need at home.
>
> What is your suggestion for that?
>
> bye
>
> Ronald
>
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Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
> I had installed in the office an Asterisk server, but the company is
> gone and I could keep the server.
>
> However, for my family with three members and two phone lines this
> server is overkill. I am looking for a compact solution, which is more
> suitable for me.
>
> I want a small & silent box, which can connect two phone lines and 6
> internal VoIP phones and about 6 external VoIP phones.
> I would like to have:
> 1. Announcements for callers (dial the extension number)
> 2. voice mail with mail forwarding
> 3. wakeup call
> 4. pickup group
> 5. call forwarding after 20 seconds, ...
> 6. ISN support, Sipbroker support
> 7. remote gateway support
>
> I guess that is all what I would need at home.
>
> What is your suggestion for that?
>
> bye
>
> Ronald
>
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ronald
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To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [asterisk-users] I used to use an Asterisk server,but now it is
overkill, ...

I had installed in the office an Asterisk server, but the company is
gone and I could keep the server.

However, for my family with three members and two phone lines this
server is overkill. I am looking for a compact solution, which is more
suitable for me.

I want a small & silent box, which can connect two phone lines and 6
internal VoIP phones and about 6 external VoIP phones.
I would like to have:
1. Announcements for callers (dial the extension number)
2. voice mail with mail forwarding
3. wakeup call
4. pickup group
5. call forwarding after 20 seconds, ...
6. ISN support, Sipbroker support
7. remote gateway support

I guess that is all what I would need at home.

What is your suggestion for that?

bye

Ronald

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Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
> I had installed in the office an Asterisk server, but the company is
> gone and I could keep the server.
> 
> However, for my family with three members and two phone lines this
> server is overkill. I am looking for a compact solution, which is more
> suitable for me.
> 
> I want a small & silent box, which can connect two phone lines and 6
> internal VoIP phones and about 6 external VoIP phones.
> I would like to have:
> 1. Announcements for callers (dial the extension number)
> 2. voice mail with mail forwarding
> 3. wakeup call
> 4. pickup group
> 5. call forwarding after 20 seconds, ...
> 6. ISN support, Sipbroker support
> 7. remote gateway support
> 
> I guess that is all what I would need at home.
Hi Ronald,

I built my own small low-power server that runs Linux and provides a 
host of services for our home and our home businesses. Asterisk is just 
one of the functions and it runs very happily (well, the box has *never* 
stopped or needed rebooting apart from when I wanted to change something).

The VIA C7 board I bought runs at about 7W, has no fan and I have even 
downclocked it from 1.2Ghz to 1Ghz.

I have written some articles on my blog about it, here's the first article:

http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/09/08/untangle-asterisk-pbx-and-file-server-all-in-one/

For the other instalments use the tag cloud and Asterisk.

With the new Atom processor you might get even better power consumption 
although I have read somewhere that the associated chipsets for the Atom 
are very thirsty (+20W)...

Hope this helps.

Alan


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