Hi Michael- You might try reading up a little in the user-maintained web site, called the Wiki, and then post more specific questions: http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk Hope this gets you started - sounds like asterisk will work well for you. It's much less expensive than using a Dialogic-based solution. Also, many members on here complain when people post using HTML (not sure why, I think they have older mail readers).. Anyway, please post in plain text, to keep everyone happy. regards Scott Stingel Scott M. Stingel President, Emerging Voice Technology, Inc. Palo Alto California & London England www.evtmedia.com <http://www.evtmedia.com/>
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Little Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Future installation questions - what do I need? I currently have a Toshiba Strata DK424 with a Stratagy voicemail system (4 ports). I am looking to go from having a receptionist answering the phone to an automated attendant. It appears that Asterisk can be the solution, but I have some questions. Do I just replace the Stratagy with the Asterisk or do I need to reconfigure the routing of the phone lines? Currently, the POTS lines come in to the Strata phone system. Would I need to have the POTS lines come in to the Asterisk then connect the Strata to the Asterisk? The Strata is equipped with an automated attendant, but only having 4 ports causes dropped calls. At the current time, we just want to use the automated attendant and voicemail features, but we intend to start using VoIP and SIP. Finally, which cards do I need to purchase? I am not familiar with all the terminology, so I am a little confused with FXS and FXO. Once I figure out where things need to go, I think it would make things a little easier. All our phone lines come in on POTS lines, but we may change to PRI at some point. I understand that this will change which cards I need. I have mainly been looking at the Digium cards do to pricing. The Intel (Dialogic) cards seem to be a lot more expensive. Are the Intel's any better than the Digium? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Michael _______________________________________________ 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
