Asterisk hardware

[anthonyriga]

Dave 
 Thanks for the info that really explains alot now I
understand more... Im gonna get the parts and try
--- Dave Andruczyk <djandruczyk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I just really like to do a general setup. What
> > hardware goes into the pc to let me use my
> Adelphia
> > broadbad connection to dial out do huntgroup to my
> > cell phone etc.. Something I can setup really
> cheap
> > and just test.. Kind of like the Vonage setup. I
> > thoght ther were ata connectors of some sort to
> use
> > with analog phones too to make them digital.. 
> 
> Ok, to do that you just need a computer with an
> internet connection.  For the
> phones you need a SIP phone (or a softphone for a
> computer, but a regular
> grandstream sipphone is more reliable)
> 
> To get calls to go through to your cell without
> bridging to an anlog line at
> your place, you'd need to sign up to a service that
> bridges VoIP to PBX (most
> services that do this are really cheap). asterisk
> has several configs in it's
> default setup showing this. If you want to bridge in
> your box you need an FXO
> cards  (It's basically a reflashed voice winmodem)
> that'll connect to your
> analog phone line and let you bridge that to VoIP, 
> you could get an FXS card
> which PROVIDES dialtone to a regular analog phone. 
> FXS is for connecting an
> analog phone to a VOIP server, and FXO is for
> connecting an Analog LINE (from
> the telco) to a VoIP server.  FXS cards are a lot
> harder to find though.  There
> are other options like devices called a "SIP
> Adapter", basically a little black
> box with ethernet on one side and a phone line on
> the other that you connect an
> analog phone into.  It gets configured by a
> web-browser (the black box)
> initially.  so you an program it to associate to
> your asterisk server)
> 
> Ebay lists the FXO cards (known as an X100P) for
> about 0.99 each plus about
> $12.50 in shipping (still a good deal)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> Dave J. Andruczyk
> 
> 
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