I have not tried any of the WRAP or Soekris boards ... I have just never been able to get used to the idea that 256mhz is adequate for this tasking ... I hear that many on this forum have used these systems successfully but I just cant imagine trying to do one in what I consider to be a commercial environment ... I have had very good luck with a mini-itx clone made by an outfit called LEX ... they make two variations that are worth considering ... one is called the NEO, the other is called the TWISTER ... both come out of the box ready to boot off a CF card but they seem to have issues with most USB 2.0 thumb drives ... in my configurations, I use a 128mb 40 pin IDE Disk on Module as BOOT and a 512mb 44 pin IDE Disk on Module as KD ... so it is setup as boot=hda1 and kd=hdc1 (requires some editing of GRUB.CONF) ... This has been a bullet proof configuration ... The NEO is very small and will not accept a PCI card ... the TWISTER looks a lot like a pregnant NEO and will accept a PCI card ... I have just recently tested the TWISTER with a Digium 2xFXO + 2xFXS TDM card ... it seems to work very well ... there are a number of motherboards these machines are sold with ... the only one I have any hands on with is the CV860A ... this one is a fanless 1GHz Via C3 w/3xRealtec 10/100 NIC ... IDE-1 is standard 40 pin interface ... IDE-2 is the 44 pin laptop type interface ... the NEO is limited to a 2.5 inch hard drive, the TWISTER will accomodate a 3.5 inch hard drive but it looks to me like you would have trouble getting a PCI card in the box with the 3.5 inch drive ... with a 2.5 inch drive, the TWISTER seems to have just enough room inside to get the PCI card into place ... if you use CF or DOM instead of traditional hard drives there is no issue with interior space ... IMHO, this would make a rock solid package worthy of commercial distribution ... it is strong enough that even with g.729 it seems able to handle enough concurrent activity to satisfy most small office scenarios ... I use one at home to link me to my main office Astlinux server ... it operates as my router/firewall/vpn as well as my Astlinux server ... I quite often have 4-6 concurrent calls going and the load on the machine seems negligible ... I am in no way associated with LEX or any of their resellers ... but I looked long and hard for a package to put Astlinux in that made sense to me ... I have tried many mini-itx systems, a number of industrial PICMG type machines and a few mid-range dual CPU server machines ... if I was going to do one for a larger office with maybe 20-100 phones, I think I would go with a SuperMicro dual Xeon ... but for a small office of 12 phones or less, these LEX machines are very desirable ... they are NOT CHEAP but are not outrageously expensive either ... so its a mid-price range solution that just flat works ... In the US one source for the LEX machines is at http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=48 ... Regards G.Hendershot
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of IPC Solutions Support Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Astlinux-users] Net4801 with Digium TDM400 cards To the list, I am looking at putting together an all in one solution consisting of a Net4801 and Digium TDM400 in a customised enclosure. Can anyone tell me if there are any gotchas with this eg. performance, compatability etc. I have been playing around with a number of Asterisk flavours but I keep coming back to ASTLinux because of its simplicity (for a simple person such as myself). I am continually astounded by the potential of Asterisk and ASTLinux. Thanks Michael Knill
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