you could also use the existing phone lines from your Comdial. That way you don't need any new phone lines or a VOIP provider. What do you have connected to it now?
--- Roland Zagler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Newbie, > > I wonder how you could find the mailing list but NOT > the wiki > at > http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk, > that > documents a huge area of how to use Asterisk in many > scenarios. > > First of all, take a week or two to read the wiki > and to set up > a testing environment and try to get basic things > running with > Asterisk (which means os, Asterisk installation and > basic calls > between softphones...) to get knowledge of what > Asterisk can > do. > > i suggest you use debian because i think there are > more people > using debain than using os x and maybe you will need > some > help ;-) > > then try to get a BRI line (Basic Rate Interface, > also known as ISDN), > put a BRI interface card like Longshine LCS-8051a, > which has a > HFC chipset on it that enables you to use the ZAPTEL > functionality. > (http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=zaptelBRI) > > and then, read the wiki... > > reguarding the costs for the testing: > 1 PC: around USD 500,- > 1 BRI interface: around USD 40,- > > after testing you will have to deside what to do: > > - take the T1 out of the cisco and put it into your > Asterisk Server > in a PRI interface (that acts like the BRI but has > 23 channels and > not 2) > - route your traffic to your cisco and let him to > the translation to > PSTN > > i would prefer the first choice, i am currenty > running several > HP ProLiant DL360 Servers with Fedora Core 3 Linux > with Digium's > quad PRI cards TE410P with 4 E1s (30 voice channels > each). These > servers are single Xeon 2.8 GHz with 2GB of RAM > which is more than > enough. in austria each of these servers is aroung > USD 2400,- and > the Digium PRI card is around USD 1600,-. > > reguarding your network: at worst case you will need > 64kbit of > bandwidth so you can run your voice infrastructure > using your > network easily without buying expensive switches > from cisco > that are "VoIP capable". > > this and everything else can be found by > experiencing the search > button on the wiki-site... > > best regards, > roland > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ed Pastore > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:33 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Systems Admin; Telecom > Newbie - What do I > need? > > Hi, folks. I am planning on implementing Asterisk in > 2006, and need > to budget for it now, so I need to know what I'll > need to get. My > company has about 50 users, and is currently > languishing on a very > old Comdial PBX. All of our client computers are > Macs; our servers > are mostly OS X, with a couple Debians and a Red > Hat. > > I am thoroughly experienced at systems > administration, and can figure > out most everything I need on the computer hardware > and software > side, but I am a complete telecom newbie and get > lost when trying to > figure out what else I will need. > > Here's what I think I need: > - A server, running Debian Linux or OS X (our > preferred operating > systems here) > - A good network. We're on switched 100 Base-T, but > will move to > gigabit next year. > - A T1 or some dedicated channels of a T1 > - Gateway PCI cards or devices (in the case of OS X, > only devices I > guess) > - VOIP phones or phone software (I'd like to use > software and USB > handsets) > > Here's what I don't get: > > 1. How do I route between the internet and the telco > network? (I said > I was a telecom newbie, right?) I mean, if someone > dials a phone > number, what tells it to route to my gateway device? > Do I need > service from a telecom company? I need to get the > phone numbers from > somewhere, right? > > 2. Does my network need to be VOIP capable? I see > some network > switches which route additional layers of ethernet, > including in some > cases VOIP. Do I really need that? Or will any > gigabit switches do > the trick? If so, what's up with those VOIP > switches? Is that just > marketing? They sure cost a lot more. > > 3. What do I need in a T1? I currently have one T1 > from Sprint, going > into a Cisco router, which then goes to my firewall, > then to my > network. If I want, say 30 channels of another T1 > for VOIP... can I > just buy another Sprint T1? And where does > additional hardware fit > into that route in order to split out the VOIP > channels from the data > channels? > > 4. Do I pretty much need a vendor for implementation > help, if this is > all new to me? Or is there a path I can follow that > will help me get > through this? > > 5. What am I not asking that I should be? :) > > Any help, input, suggestions, etc. would be welcome. > (But please no > vendor calls yet... I'm in early budgeting, and will > just ignore > vendor input until I know more.) > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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