RE: [Asterisk-Users] OZ ISDN
I have installed and used the Fritz!Card with Telstra's ISDN OnRamp2. The configuration under capi was quite easy and the setup worked great. I would recommend the Fritz over analog. Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dkwok Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] OZ ISDN Kimble Young wrote: If you go the analogue route: * You'll get poor audio compared to ISDN which is crystal. * Each number will act like a seperate line unlike with an ISDN card where you can receive two calls simultaneously on the same line. * You'll lose cool ISDN features like call deflection. * It won't be as reliable (speculation). * It'll probably cost just as much for two analogue cards as a fritz card. On the positive side you won't have to go through a lot of frustration getting the fritz working. In summary using an analogue adaptor on ISDN rather defeats the purpose of ISDN. You are absolutely spot on. I am hesitated by the sheer amount of configuration with the ISDN driver. The actual implementation is actually even a bit of complicated. The ISDN is used primarily for internet connection and voip from an Australian provider. In that case I need to use whatever driver to intiate dail up to the internet. Will it be isdn4l in this case. Now if and when internet is down for whatever reason, asterisk can still perhaps use the capi driver to connect calls. I don't have much experience in isdn at all. I am not sure where such setup can be done simitaneously. It would be nice if someone can point me to the right direction. The Telstra connection already come with Nt1 +11 modem and I have already got pretty good doc to set it up with redhat 9.0. So I don't have to worry about isdn stuff. I wish to go the correct route which is using Fritz card to do this but I am afraid it is not possible. Regards -- David Kwok, CISSP Tel: 612 82315701 ext 1002 Iaxtel/FWD # 17001813482 ext 1002 CISSP, Certified Information System Security Professional ___ 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
RE: [Asterisk-Users] Oz ISDN
On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 12:28, Kimble Young wrote: David, If you go the analogue route: * You'll get poor audio compared to ISDN which is crystal. * Each number will act like a seperate line unlike with an ISDN card where you can receive two calls simultaneously on the same line. Actually, you can configure the NT1+II so that it will behave differently. (ie, you can set it so that calls to each number will 'prefer' a specific port, but if that port is in use will use the other port. * You'll lose cool ISDN features like call deflection. Dunno if call deflection even works here, haven't actually got around to trying it yet. * It won't be as reliable (speculation). Well, as with any comparison between analogue/digital, the digital is definitely preferred. You *know* when the other side answers/hangs up/etc. This gives you accurate cdr (billing) information as well as call progress. Stops you from causing the line to be busy long after the other party has hung up. etc... * It'll probably cost just as much for two analogue cards as a fritz card. Probably, I'm not sure, but the frustration factor might in the long run... On the positive side you won't have to go through a lot of frustration getting the fritz working. Dunno about this, I got a fritz card about 2 weeks ago for a customer's pbx. Plugged the card in, followed the instructions available on the wiki, and basically it just worked. Perhaps if I knew less about linux, it might have been harder, but from memory, I didn't do anything specially fancy... If I was doing this for myself, at home, I would definitely use the fritz card. Also, AFAIK, there are no aca approved (old austel tick) fxo cards. In either case, I would suggest you discuss your options with the folks at www.atp.org.au, I've found them to be quite helpful, and definitely quite knowledgeable Regards, Adam ___ 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
RE: [Asterisk-Users] Oz ISDN
On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 00:42, Adam Goryachev wrote: In either case, I would suggest you discuss your options with the folks at www.atp.org.au, I've found them to be quite helpful, and definitely quite knowledgeable PS, most digium resellers seem to follow the standard digium policy of offering 1 hour of post sales installation support. So if you went the ISDN route, then they would most likely be able to assist you if you got into trouble. The above people seem to offer the same. Regards, Adam ___ 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] Oz ISDN
In Australia, Telstra, the local telco provides isdn modem for isdn connection. The modem has 2 analogue telephone jacks and a serial port for connection to dialup internet. My question is that will it be possible to use Zaptel TDM02B to connect to the analogue jack instead of getting a fritz card to do the telephony. Will there be less feature if doing so? -- David Kwok, CISSP Tel: 612 82315701 ext 1002 Iaxtel/FWD # 17001813482 ext 1002 CISSP, Certified Information System Security Professional smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
RE: [Asterisk-Users] Oz ISDN
David, If you go the analogue route: * You'll get poor audio compared to ISDN which is crystal. * Each number will act like a seperate line unlike with an ISDN card where you can receive two calls simultaneously on the same line. * You'll lose cool ISDN features like call deflection. * It won't be as reliable (speculation). * It'll probably cost just as much for two analogue cards as a fritz card. On the positive side you won't have to go through a lot of frustration getting the fritz working. In summary using an analogue adaptor on ISDN rather defeats the purpose of ISDN. Regards, Kimble Young -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dkwok Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Oz ISDN In Australia, Telstra, the local telco provides isdn modem for isdn connection. The modem has 2 analogue telephone jacks and a serial port for connection to dialup internet. My question is that will it be possible to use Zaptel TDM02B to connect to the analogue jack instead of getting a fritz card to do the telephony. Will there be less feature if doing so? -- David Kwok, CISSP Tel: 612 82315701 ext 1002 Iaxtel/FWD # 17001813482 ext 1002 CISSP, Certified Information System Security Professional ___ 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] OZ ISDN
Kimble Young wrote: If you go the analogue route: * You'll get poor audio compared to ISDN which is crystal. * Each number will act like a seperate line unlike with an ISDN card where you can receive two calls simultaneously on the same line. * You'll lose cool ISDN features like call deflection. * It won't be as reliable (speculation). * It'll probably cost just as much for two analogue cards as a fritz card. On the positive side you won't have to go through a lot of frustration getting the fritz working. In summary using an analogue adaptor on ISDN rather defeats the purpose of ISDN. You are absolutely spot on. I am hesitated by the sheer amount of configuration with the ISDN driver. The actual implementation is actually even a bit of complicated. The ISDN is used primarily for internet connection and voip from an Australian provider. In that case I need to use whatever driver to intiate dail up to the internet. Will it be isdn4l in this case. Now if and when internet is down for whatever reason, asterisk can still perhaps use the capi driver to connect calls. I don't have much experience in isdn at all. I am not sure where such setup can be done simitaneously. It would be nice if someone can point me to the right direction. The Telstra connection already come with Nt1 +11 modem and I have already got pretty good doc to set it up with redhat 9.0. So I don't have to worry about isdn stuff. I wish to go the correct route which is using Fritz card to do this but I am afraid it is not possible. Regards -- David Kwok, CISSP Tel: 612 82315701 ext 1002 Iaxtel/FWD # 17001813482 ext 1002 CISSP, Certified Information System Security Professional smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
RE: [Asterisk-Users] OZ ISDN
You can connect to the internet via CAPI and even have it dynamically add/drop channels as calls are setup/pulled down by other applications. As for how to do it I have no idea because I have no need for that type of setup. It's not that hard to install and configure the card with capi. It's more that you may run into difficulties and trying to find the info required to fix them is a task. I'm pretty sure everything you need can be achieved through purely CAPI interfaces. There's a lot of info out there if you search for fritz capi ppp on google. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dkwok Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 1:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] OZ ISDN Kimble Young wrote: If you go the analogue route: * You'll get poor audio compared to ISDN which is crystal. * Each number will act like a seperate line unlike with an ISDN card where you can receive two calls simultaneously on the same line. * You'll lose cool ISDN features like call deflection. * It won't be as reliable (speculation). * It'll probably cost just as much for two analogue cards as a fritz card. On the positive side you won't have to go through a lot of frustration getting the fritz working. In summary using an analogue adaptor on ISDN rather defeats the purpose of ISDN. You are absolutely spot on. I am hesitated by the sheer amount of configuration with the ISDN driver. The actual implementation is actually even a bit of complicated. The ISDN is used primarily for internet connection and voip from an Australian provider. In that case I need to use whatever driver to intiate dail up to the internet. Will it be isdn4l in this case. Now if and when internet is down for whatever reason, asterisk can still perhaps use the capi driver to connect calls. I don't have much experience in isdn at all. I am not sure where such setup can be done simitaneously. It would be nice if someone can point me to the right direction. The Telstra connection already come with Nt1 +11 modem and I have already got pretty good doc to set it up with redhat 9.0. So I don't have to worry about isdn stuff. I wish to go the correct route which is using Fritz card to do this but I am afraid it is not possible. Regards -- David Kwok, CISSP Tel: 612 82315701 ext 1002 Iaxtel/FWD # 17001813482 ext 1002 CISSP, Certified Information System Security Professional ___ 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