> > From: Matt G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/07/28 Wed PM 08:50:03 GMT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie Questions > > Hi everyone, > > I'm going to be helping to set * up for the company I work for, and in > doing all my research about it, have found it to be a very viable > solution for my SOHO side business at home. I do however have a few > questions, forgive me if they're stupid but I'm new to all of this. > > 1. I want to be able to handle 3 analogue phone lines, with a regular > bell telephone line coming into the house. So am I to assume that I want > one PCI card for a P300mhz or above with three FXS ports and one FXO > port? (the TDM31B). Am I correct in the card that I want?
I believe so. You will need one FXO and three FXS ports, and you should be able to get them all on one card. > > 2. Relating to my first question, say I instead get a card with only one > FXS port and one FXO port, can I 'chain' my phones together from the one > FXS port and still get the same functionality? (what i mean is one phone > line coming out, with a splitter going to my three telephones)? Yes, that should work, but there's a limit on how many telephones one can drive. > > 3. In the future I will be wanting to upgrade to VOIP capabilities for > my SOHO Long Distance, is this as simple as getting another card with a > T1 interface and an interface port for the phone, then plug it into my > existing LAN to get internet connectivity, and still use the TDM31B for > regular analogue conversations? No. A T1 card does not plug into a LAN. You will need to use the ethernet port on your server, or add a NIC. Once you do so, and get all of that configured, you can bridge calls between your analog ports and SIP/IAX/other VoIP phones. > 4. Does * support 'ring tone identification' ? Currently I have the > outside line coming into the house, then it's split to go off to two > phones, then from one of the phones the 'second extension jack' is going > to my fax machine, which recognizes the distinctive ring the phone > company gave me for the fax #. Will this still work with asterix, or > would the fax machine have to be coming directly off the port on the PCI > card? Asterisk has distinctive ring support, but I have not worked with it yet. > 5. Relating back to the splitting of the phone lines, if I have a card > with two FXS jacks, and one FXO, and I only wanted two extensions on the > line (upstairs, downstairs), could I chain the upstairs lines on one > analogue line, and then if i transfer a caller to that extension it will > ring on both phones upstairs? > Yes, it should. No different than a normal analog line that you get from a telco. Again, there's a limit on how many phones one line can drive. > Thanks a lot in advance. You're welcome... _______________________________________________ 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