>then a $50 Compaq deskpro which >are also Linux friendly might be an option.
I'm using Deskpro EN P-II 400's and Celeron 533's for remote IAX servers and they work fine, except for PCI; they have a wierd bus that's kind of PCI 2.1 or 2.2 depending on ROM revision. I note this because someone might run into an issue with a Digium card on these PC's; a Deskpro EN is an extremely popular Ebay-style computer because of corporate off-leases. I picked up 120 of them for $350 Cdn. I went through this pain with PCI 2.2 cards on these systems so I hope documenting it on the list will help someone in the future. Compaq changed the BIOS around August 2000 to improve wake-on-LAN compatibility with 3rd party NIC's; that rev broke PCI 2.2 compatibility with a good number of PCI cards including the TDM400. Symptom is, system will power up, no video. Not nessisarily with a Digium card but almost any 2.2 card you put in there. Take the card out, boots fine. The workaround is to *downgrade* the system ROM to ROM 686T3 dated 4/14/98 and pretty much everything works. Deskpro EN's are a great choice because they are bulletproof (low failure rate) and well documented. I expect to run these $3 PC's as IAX servers for the next 10 years, at least. _______________________________________________ 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
