8 lines for 10 phones is overkill....really.... PaulH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Litwiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I need feed back on how an Aastra VentureIP 4FXO > Thanks for the heads up - I didn't see anything that said it did work > with asterisk so I thought I better ask. > > So if you where setting up a 6 - 8 telephone line system with 10 - 12 > phones and trying to stay under $3000 for the system and phones what > would you suggest. It sounds like if I can't do it for $3000 or under > we will just stay with our old - outdated - partially functional phone > system. > > I can probably reuse a workstation machine. And use AAH to make install > and configuration easy. But that leaves some device ( suggest one to > me) for > * 8 fxo ports -And **12 voip phones > * I think I'll just pass the fax/dsl line directly to the fax machine > and dsl modem since we don't use it for anything else anyways and that > means we don't have to worry about receiving faxes thru asterisk. > ** I'd like to use the new Sipura 941's but may have to go with > grandstream 2000's because of cost. > > We were supposed to have this done in November but cost issues have > pushed it back this far already - so I'm not sure when this will happen. > > > > > Cory Andrews wrote: > > The Aastra VentureIP system used a semi proprietary, non SIP > > protocol. I do not think it would integrate with Asterisk very well. > > > > Cory J Andrews > > ++++++++++++ > > VOIPSupply.com > > 454 Sonwil Drive > > Buffalo, NY 14225 > > ++++++++++++++ > > voice - 716.630.1555 X22 > > email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AIM - B2CORY > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Chavez" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:04 PM > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I need feed back on how an Aastra > > VentureIP 4FXO > > > > > >> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:22:51 -0600, Tim Litwiller wrote > >>> works with Asterisk. > >>> > >>> I'm thinking I'd need 2 to support 6-8 lines - Or suggest some other > >>> equipment that will provide up to 8 fxo ports and connect to asterisk. > >>> > >>> for future projects I'd also like something with 2 fxo ports and 4 - > >>> 5 fxs ports - I suppose a digium card would do fine for 2 fxo and > >>> 2fxs and I could do a sipura 2002 for 2 more. > >>> > >> > >> I do not think that the Venture IP will work with Asterisk at > >> all. As > >> far as I know it is a self contained system. The gateway unit will > >> autoconfigure the phones so they work together. The firmware for the > >> phones > >> is not the same as the one used for SIP and Asterisk. > >> > >> -- > >> Carlos Chavez > >> Director de Tecnología > >> Telecomunicaciones Abiertas de México S.A. de C.V. > >> Tel: +52-55-91169161 Ext 2001 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >> > >> Asterisk-Users mailing list > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
