Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-31 Thread Hans Witvliet
erisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > >Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home > >phone system > > > >On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 07:41 -0700, Steve Edwards wrote: > >> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, linux guy wrote: > >>

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-29 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
On Sat, 2011-08-27 at 09:31 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 26/08/11 12:28, linux guy wrote: > > > > Great discussion, all of it. Thanks, people. > > > > How much power does the home asterisk box need ? > > Not much :-) > > I've been running our phone system and home media/storage network on

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-27 Thread linux guy
Great discussion, people. I'm ordering hardware today. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.aste

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-27 Thread Steve Totaro
I gu On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:39:14AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > > > I used the Asteirsk System() app to call lynx with a special URL. The > URL > > contains all the authentication, recipient, and SMS body. Calling that > URL > > via S

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-27 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 26/08/11 12:28, linux guy wrote: Great discussion, all of it. Thanks, people. How much power does the home asterisk box need ? Not much :-) I've been running our phone system and home media/storage network on a VIA C7 cpu based home build that I *downclocked* to 1Ghz from 1.2Ghz for ab

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Eric Wieling
users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home >phone system > >On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 07:41 -0700, Steve Edwards wrote: >> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, linux guy wrote: >> > > How much power does the home asterisk box need ? > >I use a small box (like those hp thi

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Hans Witvliet
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 07:41 -0700, Steve Edwards wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, linux guy wrote: > > > How much power does the home asterisk box need ? I use a small box (like those hp thin clients) But these are a bit stronger aluminium housing, instead of plastic, and better foor cooling. Powe

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Geoff Lane
On Friday, August 26, 2011, linux guy wrote: > Do any of the DECT systems handle multiple incoming phone lines ? They don't. However, that's not an issue because Asterisk does. Incoming, I have two PSTN lines, three SIP providers, and used to have an IAX2 provider also. Asterisk integrates them a

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Ira
At 04:28 AM 8/26/2011, you wrote: I'm using Asus Eee Box (1012Ps) as Myth front ends in another project. About $280 with 320 Gb hard drive and 2 GB RAM. Atom 510 processor. Built in Wifi. Nearly silent. Runs F15 nicely. Would one of them suffice ? I have a dual core Atom I use for my ho

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread jon pounder
On 08/26/2011 02:26 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 12:10 -0600, linux guy wrote: I was thinking of using a PAP2T-NA for the ATA to handle the fax. It appears to have a large number of fax specific settings. Can anyone comment on using this device with a fax ? If you are u

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 12:37 -0600, linux guy wrote: > > Do any of the DECT systems handle multiple incoming phone lines ? > > How do the DECT systems integrate with the voice mail services on an > Asterisk system ? The single line Panasonic that I use doesn't handle multiple phone lines itself,

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread linux guy
Do any of the DECT systems handle multiple incoming phone lines ? How do the DECT systems integrate with the voice mail services on an Asterisk system ? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Ne

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 12:10 -0600, linux guy wrote: > I was thinking of using a PAP2T-NA for the ATA to handle the fax. It > appears to have a large number of fax specific settings. Can anyone > comment on using this device with a fax ? If you are using POTs to bring in your fax calls you sho

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread linux guy
I was thinking of using a PAP2T-NA for the ATA to handle the fax. It appears to have a large number of fax specific settings. Can anyone comment on using this device with a fax ? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http:

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Dave Platt
> Great discussion, all of it. Thanks, people. > > How much power does the home asterisk box need ? > > I'm using Asus Eee Box (1012Ps) as Myth front ends in another project. > About $280 with 320 Gb hard drive and 2 GB RAM. Atom 510 processor. Built > in Wifi. Nearly silent. Runs F15 nicel

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Steve Edwards
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, linux guy wrote: How much power does the home asterisk box need ?  Much less than you would think. Any modern processor is more than enough. I'm using Asus Eee Box (1012Ps) as Myth front ends in another project.  About $280 with 320 Gb hard drive and 2 GB RAM.  Atom 510

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread John Novack
If you really want to go that route, you should also look at AstLinux and install it on an HP thin client such as a 5720. No Hard Drive spinning, and something like 30 watts. No fan either. All the asterisk files can be edited either through SSH or a web interface. I have a bunch out working f

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread linux guy
Great discussion, all of it. Thanks, people. How much power does the home asterisk box need ? I'm using Asus Eee Box (1012Ps) as Myth front ends in another project. About $280 with 320 Gb hard drive and 2 GB RAM. Atom 510 processor. Built in Wifi. Nearly silent. Runs F15 nicely. Would one o

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-25 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:39:14AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > I used the Asteirsk System() app to call lynx with a special URL. The URL > contains all the authentication, recipient, and SMS body. Calling that URL > via System(), as I said, I like lynx, causes an SMS to be sent. Kannel is > ex

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-25 Thread Steve Totaro
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Skyler wrote: > Steve, > > On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 00:39 -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > ... > > > For fax, I use Hylafax and for text, I use Kannel. These are WAY more > > powerful than Asterisk apps. With Kannel, I used the Bluetooth GSM > > modem to send SMS from

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-25 Thread Skyler
Steve, On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 00:39 -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: ... > For fax, I use Hylafax and for text, I use Kannel. These are WAY more > powerful than Asterisk apps. With Kannel, I used the Bluetooth GSM > modem to send SMS from my cell. Kannel is awesome as is HylaFAX > > I used the Astei

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-25 Thread Per Jessen
Steve Totaro wrote: > So in other worlds you had nothing to contribute to this thread. > I did - you didn't understand my reasoning, I explained it. If you had nothing to contribute to this thread, perhaps you should have stayed away too. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- __

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-25 Thread Steve Totaro
So in other worlds you had nothing to contribute to this thread. On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Per Jessen wrote: > Steve Totaro wrote: > > > VoIP mostly aside, a couple more thoughts. > > > > I am not sure I understand your reasoning for DISA or how it is > > cheaper. > > The only reason we u

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Per Jessen
Steve Totaro wrote: > VoIP mostly aside, a couple more thoughts. > > I am not sure I understand your reasoning for DISA or how it is > cheaper. The only reason we use DISA is to spoof the caller id. The OP also wanted to save costs, which is also possible (as someone already confirmed). DISA

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Steve Totaro
VoIP mostly aside, a couple more thoughts. I am not sure I understand your reasoning for DISA or how it is cheaper. You can buy a card that accepts SIMs as FXO and FXS. For your reasoning, a card of such nature is required. Populate it with different SIMs or whatever that are in calling groups

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Steve Totaro
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Per Jessen wrote: > Per Jessen wrote: > > > > >> help? Obviously, different countries and carriers do things > >> differently, but I don't pay for anything extra, no roaming, nothing. > > > > Did you mean to say you don't pay for roaming either?? Wow. I could >

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Steve Totaro
The original title and subsequent questions were a clear sign to stay away from a pointless thread. Going one direction and then completely changing deserves a new thread. I learned a long time ago not to answer questions from people that have put in zero effort but fell for it, and fell for a re

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Skyler
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 08:49 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote: > OK. I'm a 54G guy. I just bought a E4200 the other day for our media > network. Nice. The E4200 is what I wanted but it wasn't in stock anywhere when I was on the hunt. I just recently bought an Asus RT-N16 ... my boss is hooked now so I

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Terry Brummell
: Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 21:36 -0700, Skyler wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 21:50 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote: > > So you have asterisk loaded on a wireless router ? Linksys 54G by > > ch

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Linuxguy123
On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 21:36 -0700, Skyler wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 21:50 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote: > > So you have asterisk loaded on a wireless router ? Linksys 54G by > > chance ? > > > Yes, Asterisk at the moment. Cisco E3000. 54G is too small for > asterisk, not enough flash/c

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Per Jessen
Per Jessen wrote: > >> help? Obviously, different countries and carriers do things >> differently, but I don't pay for anything extra, no roaming, nothing. > > Did you mean to say you don't pay for roaming either?? Wow. I could > do with a subscription like that. (here roaming means using you

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Per Jessen
Steve Totaro wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Per Jessen wrote: > >> Linuxguy123 wrote: >> >> > My original post didn't mention it, but I would like my home system >> > to be Asterisk based. >> > >> > Has anyone figured out how to minimize cell charges when on the >> > road via making c

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-24 Thread Steve Totaro
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Per Jessen wrote: > Linuxguy123 wrote: > > > My original post didn't mention it, but I would like my home system to > > be Asterisk based. > > > > Has anyone figured out how to minimize cell charges when on the road > > via making calls via the home phone system ?

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-23 Thread Per Jessen
Linuxguy123 wrote: > My original post didn't mention it, but I would like my home system to > be Asterisk based. > > Has anyone figured out how to minimize cell charges when on the road > via making calls via the home phone system ? Yep, look up DISA: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-23 Thread Skyler
Hi, On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 21:50 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote: > So you have asterisk loaded on a wireless router ? Linksys 54G by > chance ? > Yes, Asterisk at the moment. Cisco E3000. 54G is too small for asterisk, not enough flash/cpu. > Which VOIP phones are you using ? Which ATA are you using

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-23 Thread Linuxguy123
On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 16:29 -0700, Skyler wrote: > I have my wireless router working as a proxy/asterisk system. Its not > 100% done yet, config related stuff still lingering, works not so bad so > far. I register voip phones or ata's locally and SIP trunk for my > Voxnumber(s), also for inbound/ou

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-23 Thread John Novack
Linuxguy123 wrote: My original post didn't mention it, but I would like my home system to be Asterisk based. So you really aren't looking for a nice home phone system, as stated in your original post. If you want to learn and have a test bed and you live alone, then set yourself up with a s

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-23 Thread Skyler
I have my wireless router working as a proxy/asterisk system. Its not 100% done yet, config related stuff still lingering, works not so bad so far. I register voip phones or ata's locally and SIP trunk for my Voxnumber(s), also for inbound/outbound. It does callback & call-through for mobile, also

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-23 Thread Steve Edwards
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011, Linuxguy123 wrote: Has anyone figured out how to minimize cell charges when on the road via making calls via the home phone system ? Does anyone have their cell phone forwarded to their home phone system and have it do their messaging ? Is anyone using Google Phone capabil

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-23 Thread Linuxguy123
My original post didn't mention it, but I would like my home system to be Asterisk based. Has anyone figured out how to minimize cell charges when on the road via making calls via the home phone system ? Does anyone have their cell phone forwarded to their home phone system and have it do their