On 10/6/07, Julian Lyndon-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Matt, > > Matt Florell wrote: > > On 10/6/07, Julian Lyndon-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: > >>> Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: > >>>> Nothing from me is posting to the list either. > >>>> > >>> heh. Thought that this trick would work: it did for Doug. > >>> > >>> I've been trying to send the email below for 3 days now ! > >>> > >>> I know this is probably going to ignite the flames again .. > >>> > >>> I have looked at the recent threads regarding these two manufacturers, > >>> but there didn't seem to be much *technical* differences between the 2, > >>> it was rather more subjective - some people say Sangoma is better, some > >>> say Digium. And quite a lot of "you're spreading FUD" "No, you are" etc. > >>> > >>> I wanted to know if anyone has any specific comparisons or suggestions > >>> on the Sangoma A104D and the Digium TE406/411 cards ? > >> I didn't want to start a flame war. I honestly just wanted a simple > >> "yes" or "no" to the question "Is a 406/411 technically comparable to > >> the a104D". > > > > I think you mean the TE407/412 cards, the 406/411 series (using the > > OKI chipset instead of the Octasic) were discontinued by Digium. And > > while the Sangoma line uses "a104" as a base for all variations of > > their quad-port T1/E1 cards(PCI/PCIexpress/EC/non-EC) Digium has > > I saw that today ;) > > > several different product numbers for standard PCI(TE405P/410/407/412) > > and a different number for their PCIexpress cards(TE420) where it > > seems that they have changed their product naming scheme to be more > > similar to Sangoma's adding a "B" for the echo-can version of the > > card. > > > > Here's a run-down of the available quad T1 cards from the 3 big players: > > Digium: > > - TE405P - PCI 5v-only, NO hardware EC > > - TE410P - PCI 3v-only, NO hardware EC > > - TE406P/TE411P - DISCONTINUED > > - TE407P - PCI 5v-only, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > > - TE412P - PCI 3v-only, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > > - TE420 - PCIexpress, NO hardware EC > > - TE420B - PCIexpress, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > > > > Rhino: > > - R4T1 - PCI, NO hardware EC > > - R4T1-e - PCIexpress, NO hardware EC > > - Add-on Octasic Echo Canceller > > > > Sangoma: > > - a104 - PCI, NO Hardware EC > > - a104X - PCIexpress, NO Hardware EC > > - a104d - PCI, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > > - a104dX - PCIexpress, Octasic Hardware Echo-cancellation > > > > > >> From what I've read, the IRQ issues are not present any more on the > >> digium cards. > >> > >> Is the echo cancelling hardware comparable ? > >> > >> I need to install the new card in a dell 2850 or 2950 or possibly even a > >> HP DL360. Anyone have some comments on this ? > > > > Do not use Dell. I have had issues with both Sangoma and Digium cards > > on multiple brand-new Dell servers. This is the only vendor that has > > consistently given me problems with telco-interface cards. > > We've been running on a dell machine for a couple of years with no > problems - but I've heard that lots of people have the problem. Would > you recommend the HP then ?
One of my Dell-only clients switched to HP and they have not had any issues since the switch. So yes I would recommend HP servers over Dell servers when using quad T1 cards. MATT--- > > > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > MATT--- > > > > > >> fwiw, my heart says I should buy Digium. My head says I should buy > >> Sangoma. Either my head needs to be convinced that the TE406 is > >> technically as good and as reliable as the 104D, or my heart needs to > >> fall out of love with the romantic notion of supporting Digium because > >> of asterisk. > >> > >> Julian > >>> We have used the TE405 and te410 in the past, changed to sangoma A102 > >>> (because of problems we were having at the time that we now think may > >>> have been telco related). > >>> > >>> Setting up the digium cards seemed simpler (no patching etc, and no > >>> extra wanrouter drivers) but the A102 seem very stable and reliable. > >>> > >>> Julian > >>> > >>>> Julian > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> --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 > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>>> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > >>>> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>>> This email for dotr.com has been scanned by MessageLabs > >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> --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 > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > >>> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > >>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>> This email for dotr.com has been scanned by MessageLabs > >>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> --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 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This email for dotr.com has been scanned by MessageLabs > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --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
