Hi Shayne,
What about starting with a single line
analog pots card, this way you can take it home and use it there with your
tests to get up to speed on what works and what doesn’t.
Cheers,
Dean
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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Help for
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Hello all. I am new to the list and after doing some
research
on
"Asterisk" this week I would like to get started testing.
I
am a 15 year "Unix" veteran and "Open Source User". I was
wondering
what you guys would suggest I use to start testing
with
regards to the Telephone Interface?
I
am the IT Manager for a firm that is moving next year. I have
decided
to go with VoIP for our new Phone System. After
discovering
Asterisk last week, I have decided to "test" it and
get
some practical experience using the software.
I
currently have an unused ISDN (BRI) line that I was thinking
about
cancelling until I learned of Asterisk. I thought about
buying
one of the BRI PCI cards (listed on the Digium website)
to
use in a test server. Although, I see that they can be rather
expensive
for something that I most likely will have to just
"throw
away" when we move (I assume we will have a T1 or
fractional
T1 in the new building.). My question is, "What would
you
guys recommend I use to get started testing/looking at this
software?"
I only see these two ("affordable") options for testing:
Buy
ISDN BRI interface board, use to test and then "throw it away".
(This would give me two lines to test with, which would be nice.)
Buy
an analog board and use a dedicated line.
(I think we only have one incoming line that I could use for testing.
OR, could I use the two POTS ports from our ISDN router and
in effect just use the two ISDN data lines as POTS lines?)
Thanks
to all!
Shayne
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