On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 01:09 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You can put analogue phones in series, but I am not sure how many phones > a FSX connection will drag and I don't think the cards are designed for > it - don't know. Sounds to me as you would benefit from downloading > Asterisk and play around with a few softphones first and maybe buy > Digiums starter kit, cause you need to take into mind that Asterisk is > not realy a Plug & Play environment, it do require people who are > comfortable with the command prompt on Linux and have the time to fiddle > around with this (or money to pay someone to do so) Thanks to all. I have a better idea now.
Linux is not the issue, I know it quite well. However, I know _nothing_ about telephony (traditional or voIP)... in a process of getting onto that learning curve... > > jan fred > > > Chris Wade wrote: > > > Fred Blaise wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 14:48 -0600, Chris Wade wrote: > >> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>>> hi, > >>>> > >>>>> My second question: for a branch office of about 20 people, which E1 > >>>>> card do you advise? Would the TE210P be a good choice? (number of > >>>>> concurrent calls would be max 10 for now) Why? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> An E1 has 30 lines, so you would be perfect with a TE110P. > >>>> Connecting an E1 to a company PABX is however an expensiveoption, > >>>> so you might want to compare the prices with 10 analogue lines or > >>>> maybe 5 BRI lines. I would not let the price of hardware decide > >>>> this because you will need to pay a fixed cost per month for PSTN > >>>> lines, so check these prices first. Asterisk is scalable in the > >>>> sence that you can add more later if you have an available PCI slot. > >>> > >>> Even though they don't appear to be shipping yet, don't forget the > >>> TDM2400P's from Digium. Up to 24 FXO or FXS ports per full length > >>> PCI card. > >> > >> ok. So, with this in mind, if I was to acquire that 24 ports, 1 FXO > >> modules, the rest FSX modules. I could have 1 public telephone number to > >> the PSTN (3 wasted for this example), 20 analog phones inside the > >> company's branch, each phone having its extension in Asterisk? Or could > >> I have just the smaller card allowing me 1 FSO and 3 FSX and some kind > >> of "hub" to connect some number of analog phones (let's say 20)? If so, > >> does the number of FXS limit the number of my simultaneous telephone > >> calls? > >> > >> Sorry for the dumb questions, but your answers are highly appreciated. > > > > > > Sorry, but there is really no such thing as a "hub" for telephone > > lines. Each analog phone must be plugged into its own FXS port. > > > > _______________________________________________ > --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 >
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