Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 2009, Jon Pounder wrote: > > >> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: >> >> why not just put something like a wet11(wireless bridge) and pap2t(2x >> fxs) in the same box ? >> dev time = 0 >> cost ~100 >> >> those are just two of the many products that would work together to do >> what you want. >> > > But that wouldn't be anywhere near as fun :) It doesn't accomplish the > end goal of having a product, which I think there would be a market for, > either. The cost is a bit more than $100, though, too - WET11's seem to > go for about $70, and the PAP2T for $50... but that is still significantly > less than what I am talking about. > > Would anyone buy such a product if it existed? > Personally I would go for the approach of having a couple off the shelf products even if they were inside a box to pretty it up. That way I know when there is a problem, I can just run out to any big box store and get parts to fix it quickly, and if I am keeping spares around the wired/wireless spares are partially the same components. I tend to stay away from specialty devices where possible just because when you need a replacement NOW its hard to find one.
> j > > >> >> >>> I have a need for an ATA that will register over wifi. *NOT* a DECT phone >>> or other cordless type phone plugged into a wired ATA. >>> >>> Not seeing one right off, and following the recent discussions about >>> compact fanless systems, I thought a custom build-your-own might not only >>> be useful for my purpose, but may be a viable product in its own right. >>> >>> So I started looking for mini-PCI based FXS cards. The only one I seem to >>> find is the OpenVOX A400M. Anyone have experience with it? Any >>> alternatives? >>> >>> Having perused the last fifty or so emails on the various motherboards >>> available, several seem to have two mini-PCI ports, so the very basic idea >>> is to buy one of them and put both an OpenVOX card and a 802.11g radio >>> card in it. Is there any reason these smallish motherboards would be >>> unable to power both boards? Heat issues? Any suggestions on how to >>> choose one of the wifi cards? >>> >>> I would like to run DD-WRT on this beast to handle the wifi-client mode, >>> and I noticed (though have not tried) that DD-WRT has a build that >>> includes asterisk, which would of course drive the FXS port. >>> >>> I figure the whole thing should cost less than US$250, and in quantity >>> perhaps much less. >>> >>> Another thought is to skip the whole FXS port card and use the built-in >>> sound interface to the small motherboard to drive a simple headset based >>> phone. That would be significantly cheaper. >>> >>> If anyone is as interested as I am in creating this beast and would like >>> to donate the needed pieces to the cause, I will commit to writing a web >>> interface and the pieces to do remote provisioning, and we can market the >>> new product... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> j >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >>> >>> asterisk-users mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
