Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: why not just put something like a wet11(wireless bridge) and pap2t(2x fxs) in the same box ? dev time = 0 cost ~100
those are just two of the many products that would work together to do what you want. > I have a need for an ATA that will register over wifi. *NOT* a DECT phone > or other cordless type phone plugged into a wired ATA. > > Not seeing one right off, and following the recent discussions about > compact fanless systems, I thought a custom build-your-own might not only > be useful for my purpose, but may be a viable product in its own right. > > So I started looking for mini-PCI based FXS cards. The only one I seem to > find is the OpenVOX A400M. Anyone have experience with it? Any > alternatives? > > Having perused the last fifty or so emails on the various motherboards > available, several seem to have two mini-PCI ports, so the very basic idea > is to buy one of them and put both an OpenVOX card and a 802.11g radio > card in it. Is there any reason these smallish motherboards would be > unable to power both boards? Heat issues? Any suggestions on how to > choose one of the wifi cards? > > I would like to run DD-WRT on this beast to handle the wifi-client mode, > and I noticed (though have not tried) that DD-WRT has a build that > includes asterisk, which would of course drive the FXS port. > > I figure the whole thing should cost less than US$250, and in quantity > perhaps much less. > > Another thought is to skip the whole FXS port card and use the built-in > sound interface to the small motherboard to drive a simple headset based > phone. That would be significantly cheaper. > > If anyone is as interested as I am in creating this beast and would like > to donate the needed pieces to the cause, I will commit to writing a web > interface and the pieces to do remote provisioning, and we can market the > new product... > > Cheers, > > j > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users