[asterisk-biz] SIP DECT gateway?

[Florian Overkamp]

Hi,

Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
> I think that is the otherside of what the original poster wanted, I know 
> it is for me.  The phones will do SIP and DECT but you cant have an 
> arbitrary DECT phone that does not support SIP connect via SIP to say 
> asterisk.  It would be a bit much to tell everyone that currently has a 
> DECT phone that they have to upgrade it to a DECT+SIP or SIP only if 
> they want to use it on some system that may or may not be a marketed 
> system.
> 
> I am more open, I dont care if its a DECT->SIP gateway, a PCI/PCI-x card 
> would be fine and I would even be willing to write drivers for it, I 
> just cant find one that is still being made.

Both Philips and Kirk offer a GAP DECT base-station that plugs straight 
into the LAN and speaks SIP. I know that the Kirk one can be configured 
to allow access to third party DECT handsets, provided their flavour of 
GAP is sufficiently compatible. I think the Philips will do the same.

Florian