Note: http://www.citel.com/products/handset_gateways/ sells a SIP handset gateway that will let you still use your Digital phones. We used it for our old NEC phones.
-- -- Steven May you have the peace and freedom that come from abandoning all hope of having a better past. --- - --- - - - - - - - -- - - - --- - ------ - - --- - - -- - - - -- - - - "John Goerzen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I work for a company that is nearing the end-of-life on its existing > Nortel Meridian switch and is considering Asterisk. We have > approximately 200 existing extensions, and probably 150 out of those 200 > are using basic analog phones and would stay that way. The rest would > have VOIP phones at the desk. > > We're seriously considering switching to Asterisk. I've done quite a > bit of tinkering with Asterisk for my home, but I'm not certain about a > few aspects of how we might deploy Asterisk in the enterprise. > > Here are my questions: > > 1. Where could I look for some resources on server sizing? Is it > any problem to support this number of users with a single server? > > 2. What do we need to do for our data network to make VOIP reliable? > QoS, basic traffic prioritization on the switch, vlan, ??? > > 3. What's the best way to integrate these 150 analog extensions? > I've seen interface boxes that usually come in 24-port sizes. Some > have an Ethernet/SIP interface to hook up to Asterisk, and others > have a T1 interface. What sounds best and is the most reliable? > > 4. What is a good company to contract with for emergency support? > Digium? > > 5. What are people doing to make VOIP phones resiliant in the face of > power outages? > > Is there anybody here that would be willing to serve as a reference > check for Asterisk should we pursue that path? > > Thanks, > > -- John > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
