I think that it will be greate to include * inside of a router like ix66 from intertex... 1 GB usb removable flash to record voice mail.and prompts in the computer..2 fxo...real internal sip server ...internal dns server..good user interface.. all nat / firewall nightmare ended, no computers to worry about.
Just dreaming with my little office pbx for about $200 regards Miklos ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Albertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box > > > I'm looking to do about the same thing, build very low cost > systems. (I'm looking at putting Asterisk at some > non-profit organizations.) but one thing you can't make > a compromise on is reliabilty. It has to work and keep working > for years to come. I was able to keep the price of a new PC > to about $300 ad still use an ASUS mainboard and an AMD XP2600+ > The trick is to add absolutly nothing not needed. No floppy, > no CDROM so you can run off a 200W P/S. Next I'll experiment > with a notebook sized IDE disk drives and to see if _underclocking_ > the CPU reduces it's power comsumption enough that we can save > one fan. > > Ideally Asterisk will be ported one day to Linux/ARM or some > other very low cost platform. for VOIP you do not need the > PCI slots. In theory Asterisk could run on a Lynksys router > box with re-flashed EEPROM. After all Lynksys' latest wireless > router runs Linux inside > > Low cost to me means "low total cost of ownership" To get this > I don't think buying the lowest priced parts is the way to go. > I want quality mainboard, and a quality power supply and, this > is importernt: A low internal case temperature. for this reason > I'll spend the extra $50 to go with Antec cases and ASUS mainboards > over the generic ones. > > What I'm finding is that the PCs are so cheap that the cost of > electric power to run them is now a large part of the cost. > (assume 0.20/kwh times 200W times 365 days = $350. So you > pay for the PC again every year in electric power to run it. > Worse. In an office with airconditioning _all_ of that PC's > 200W goes to heat and your A/C unit will use about 220W of > power to remove that 200W of heat.) > and at a small office they will not have a server room so noise > from the fan is an issue. > > --- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi all > > > > what about this... > > I just put together a box on a web shop (komplett.no) that will cost > > me > > NOK ~1850 (¤ 216) plus a small ¤50 drive and cables, so say ¤300. > > This > > consists of a cheap MB with a duron 1400, 256MB SDRAM and two HFC-PCI > > cards (if capijod will finish off the zaptel-driver soon). This is > > all > > in a cheap PC case. > > > > What do you think? Should this be doable? as a product? With only IP > > phones and potentially a fax solution? any ideas? > > > > thanks > > > > roy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ===== > Chris Albertson > Home: 310-376-1029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cell: 310-990-7550 > Office: 310-336-5189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > KG6OMK > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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