Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behind a MeridianNorstar

2008-07-26 Thread Steve Totaro
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question you haven't answered yet, Joseph, is how does your Meridian connect to the PSTN? Is it a T-1 now, or analog? Sorry Jay, I ended up in an offline conversation with someone regarding this. Its on an analogue

Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behind a MeridianNorstar

2008-07-25 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 07:12:40PM -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote: Not odd at all as far as I'm concerned - I know a number of places that segregate LAN traffic from VoIP traffic using multiple VLANs over the one physical link. VLANs would be the best solution (short of running multiples

Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behind a MeridianNorstar

2008-07-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
The question you haven't answered yet, Joseph, is how does your Meridian connect to the PSTN? Is it a T-1 now, or analog? Sorry Jay, I ended up in an offline conversation with someone regarding this. Its on an analogue setup, it has an RJ-21 connector coming from a punchdown block next to it. I

Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behind a MeridianNorstar

2008-07-23 Thread John Faubion
Does anyone make an interface card that can integrate with the digital input of the Meridian. Not the optimal solution, but it allows for the current infrastructure to be retained. By digital input do you mean a T1 interface? If so then yes several T1 interfaces are available. However I

Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behind a MeridianNorstar

2008-07-23 Thread Joseph L. Casale
By digital input do you mean a T1 interface? If so then yes several T1 interfaces are available. However I think you mean is there a gateway to use the Meridian/Norstar phones with Asterisk. If so, yes there is a company that makes a gateway to use the Nortel p-phones with a SIP based system.

Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behind a MeridianNorstar

2008-07-23 Thread Alex Balashov
Joseph L. Casale wrote: Well, I am not sure what is needed to interface between the two. I hoped there was something you could use and from the sounds of it, its not worth it. I guess the only thing I would need is a small switch in each office then as we only have one run of cat-5e to each

Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behind a MeridianNorstar

2008-07-23 Thread Rob Hillis
Alex Balashov wrote: Although, oddly enough, a lot of them can do VLAN trunking, etc. Not odd at all as far as I'm concerned - I know a number of places that segregate LAN traffic from VoIP traffic using multiple VLANs over the one physical link. VLANs would be the best solution (short of

Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behind a MeridianNorstar

2008-07-23 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Not odd at all as far as I'm concerned - I know a number of places that segregate LAN traffic from VoIP traffic using multiple VLANs over the one physical link. VLANs would be the best solution (short of running multiples cables for PC and phone) to achieve this. I would have about 30 phones I