[nlug] Re: Multiple line SIP ATA

2009-05-18 Thread Steven S. Critchfield
- Kevin Hart bowl...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any decent, not bank breaking, SIP ATA's out there that can handle more than one phone line over voip? Say we have a small office and want to just use basic phones. Have a SIP server already out there that we can connect to on the net

[nlug] Re: Multiple line SIP ATA

2009-05-18 Thread Steven S. Critchfield
- Tim Jackson jackson@gmail.com wrote: Most ITSPs and their SBCs will release audio if the 2 endpoints are from behind the same firewall/IP... So audio wouldn't actually go out and come back in, just be hairpinned @ the ATA... Might be a good thing to check with the ITSP though...

[nlug] Re: Multiple line SIP ATA

2009-05-18 Thread Chris McQuistion
I've got a couple options. Option 1 - Just buy IP phones and use those. Have all of them talk to the SIP provider and be done with it. Option 2 - Buy a VoIP appliance (there are lots of different ones) with enough analog jacks for your phones (or maybe a mix of analog and digital phones) and

[nlug] Re: Multiple line SIP ATA

2009-05-18 Thread Tim Jackson
ITSP's SBCs are smart and realize that these devices are connecting from behind the same IP... Firewalls that actually touch the SDP/SIP messaging usually break this, so disable it... I've rolled out thousands of hosted IP handsets that work just fine in these circumstances... The only real

[nlug] Re: Multiple line SIP ATA

2009-05-18 Thread Kevin Hart
advice! :-) Good luck!! Mark -Original Message- From: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:nlug-t...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Jackson Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 17:35 To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com Subject: [nlug] Re: Multiple line SIP ATA ITSP's SBCs are smart