asterisk users - Jun 2009 - Newbie, Question on making a PSTN call..

Hello Asterisk-users,
I am new to Asterisk. I got SIP Calls to work between two computers using a
soft phone and asterisk in the middle. Since then, I have been trying to get
my soft phone to make a PSTN call with terrible failure for about two days
now.

On Windows using asteriskwin32:
I have a soft modem (Agere HDA Modem) in my laptop. Windows' default dialer
is able to make a PSTN call by connecting the Phone's RJ line into my
laptop's RJ 11. I am unsure what drivers to choose where and what parameters
to change in tapi/fx configuration files etc. to get asterisk to use this
modem to call out.
Read plenty of articles about how asterisk cannot make a good phone call
using a half duplex modem. But, This is for experimental purposes and I will
be thrilled to just get my phone ringing before I go out to buy specific
hardware.

On my Ubuntu:
Next up, I connected my phone(NOKIA N73) to my computer, ensured that I am
able to connect to internet on my ubuntu. wvdial works good too. Again, I am
unsure how to get asterisk to connect to this modem so that I can use my
soft phones to make a call.

Need help.  Thanks in Advance.

-- 
Shivku,
http://blog.shivku.com
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Need help pls..Anyone?

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Shiva Kumar <shivku at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Asterisk-users,
> I am new to Asterisk. I got SIP Calls to work between two computers using a
> soft phone and asterisk in the middle. Since then, I have been trying to
get
> my soft phone to make a PSTN call with terrible failure for about two days
> now.
>
> On Windows using asteriskwin32:
> I have a soft modem (Agere HDA Modem) in my laptop. Windows' default
dialer
> is able to make a PSTN call by connecting the Phone's RJ line into my
> laptop's RJ 11. I am unsure what drivers to choose where and what
parameters
> to change in tapi/fx configuration files etc. to get asterisk to use this
> modem to call out.
> Read plenty of articles about how asterisk cannot make a good phone call
> using a half duplex modem. But, This is for experimental purposes and I
will
> be thrilled to just get my phone ringing before I go out to buy specific
> hardware.
>
> On my Ubuntu:
> Next up, I connected my phone(NOKIA N73) to my computer, ensured that I am
> able to connect to internet on my ubuntu. wvdial works good too. Again, I
am
> unsure how to get asterisk to connect to this modem so that I can use my
> soft phones to make a call.
>
> Need help.  Thanks in Advance.
>
> --
> Shivku,
> http://blog.shivku.com
>


-- 
Shivku,
http://blog.shivku.com
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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Shiva Kumar wrote:
> Hello Asterisk-users,
> I am new to Asterisk. I got SIP Calls to work between two computers using a
> soft phone and asterisk in the middle. Since then, I have been trying to
get
> my soft phone to make a PSTN call with terrible failure for about two days
> now.
>
> On Windows using asteriskwin32:
> I have a soft modem (Agere HDA Modem) in my laptop. Windows' default
dialer
> is able to make a PSTN call by connecting the Phone's RJ line into my
> laptop's RJ 11. I am unsure what drivers to choose where and what
parameters
> to change in tapi/fx configuration files etc. to get asterisk to use this
> modem to call out.
> Read plenty of articles about how asterisk cannot make a good phone call
> using a half duplex modem. But, This is for experimental purposes and I
will
> be thrilled to just get my phone ringing before I go out to buy specific
> hardware.
Go out and buy specific hardware. OpenVox are really cheap these days. 
Well under ?100 for a card with an FXO interface now.

Gordon