[asterisk-biz] 1 T1, 1 Asterisk PBX, and 1 HylaFax system.

[bill dwyer]

More good ideas. I am leaning toward T1 chaining. Although the Adtran Atlas
550 idea seems completely viable as well. Thanks again guys for the great
advice.
Nate


On 10/19/07, Mike Clark <mike at infoanywhere.com> wrote:
>
> bill dwyer wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 10/18/07, *bill dwyer* <mastern8 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:mastern8 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I have a few questions for the brain trust that is the biz list...
> >     Any thoughts, critisims or flaming is welcome.
> >
> >     I am looking to use 1 T1 (PRI) to split between 3 systems. Let me
> >     give you an idea of what we are talking about:
> >     1. Asterisk PBX that runs our internal business phone system, (4
> >     Lines) using a TE12OP digium card with the T1 and VoIP for the
> >     internal communication.
> >     2. Asterisk Voicemail system using VoIP for inbound and outbound
> >     to a gateway that is attached to the T1, (4 Lines)  (Possibly the
> >     Asterisk system in 1???) RIght now there is no card only ethernet.
> >     (Althoug I do have  a 4 line digium analog card if that makes it
> >     easier.)
> >     3. A Hylafax system running as a Efax platform for commerical
> >     purposes. (4 to 8 lines) Using a Digium Te220 card attached to the
> >     same T1.
> >
> >     Now for the questions. Does this even sound feasible? Can I split
> >     the T1 between the 3 devices?
> >     Can the Asterisk system in 1 be a POTS to VoIP gateway for
> >     the second asterisk system? I would be willing to use the analog
> >     card if that last scenerio isnt possible, but what do I use to
> >     break the analog lines off the T1? I already have the 2nd system
> >     developed and running in a production environment, the other 2 are
> >     in development.
> >
> >     Any ideas are welcome.
> >     Nate
> >
> >
> > All 3 are good ideas. I already have all the hardware I mentioned so
> > saving money on cards at this point isn't really the focus. Also for
> > the same reasons combining the 3 servers into one seems a little
> > risky, I would hate to bring down my 2 core products because I made a
> > change to my internal PBX system. (The thought of my customers trying
> > to call into my office because their voicemail and fax systems are
> > not working and reaching a fast busy is quite scary! But it is great
> > to know that it works!)  I do like the idea of using a quad card to
> > chain the systems to other T1 cards. My guess is that is going to
> > produce the lowest latency and the cleanest calls. I beleive we are
> > going the SIP route internally for the PBX system but because of
> > issues with Fax and VoIP the voicemail and fax system have to be
> > straight T1. As for TDMoE I am not aware of what this is. Time for a
> > little googling to look into that. Thanks for all of your ideas. I am
> > glad to see that I am not completely off base.
> > Nate
> >
> Unless your systems are not all together on a local network, I don't
> believe chaining the TDM hardware will produce a better call than SIP or
> IAX for voice or voicemail. I definitely understand on the FAX, but I
> believe that could be done with iaxmodem as well.
>
> Mike Clark
>
>
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