I would be more worried about the ATA gateway failing than the switch, as you have found yourself. How about two gateways and two phones on everyone's desk :)
j On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Adam Moffett wrote: > I don't know of any ATA like that except the grandstream. > > The service provider grade way to do this would probably be a Cisco (or > similar) with a T1 interface and a channel bank to break the T1 into 24 > FXS ports. > > > >> Hi, >> >> I'm looking for an 8+ FXS ATA gateway (at least 8 ports but preferably at >> most 24 ports) with 2 ethernet interfaces for network/switch redundancy. >> >> So far I've only found the Grandstream GXW4008. >> >> I've searched similar brands such as Linksys and higher-end brands such as >> Quintum, but they all seem to have just one NIC. So, if the switch the ATA >> is connected to fails then I'm out of business (at least until I replace the >> switch but that's usually too long for a busy system). >> >> The GXW4008 device is very useful for this scenario. It has 2 RJ45 ports >> (called WAN and LAN) and I've set them up in two local subnets. Not only >> does the ATA keep working without human intervention if one of the switches >> goes down but if both switches are up it can load balance between the two >> (simply by using DNS SRV with the same weights). >> >> Unfortunately, Grandstream in general doesn't seem to be very reliable >> although the latest GXW4008 firmware has proven to be quite stable in my >> case (previous releases were buggy). >> >> So I'm looking for alternatives to the GXW4008, even if it has to cost me >> more money. Does anyone know of an 8+ FXS ATA brand/model with 2 ethernet >> interfaces? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Vieri >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- 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 > _______________________________________________ -- 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
