[Asterisk-Users] low-cost * (newbie question)

[Steven Critchfield]

On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 03:24, Grzegorz Nosek wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] low-cost * (newbie question)
> > From: Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Organization: 
> > Date: 01 Apr 2003 09:59:51 -0600
> > Reply-To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 09:31, Grzegorz Nosek wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> thanks for your reply
> > 
> > No analog modems. 
> > 
> > If your ISDN adapter is supported properly, you can place that straight
> > into a asterisk box. The analog line would need a X100P.
> so to sum things up: one x100p for every analog line and one isdn4linux
> adapter for every isdn line, right? i'd like to test it on an experimental net
> with no isdn, so i'd like to use a fake channel to provide something the
> client can talk to. will a soundcard+gnophone on the * box do? or is there
> another channel type, dedicated to testing, with no hardware required? in what
> ways is functionality of the oss channel limited in comparison to, say, isdn?

>From information on the list, you will probably want a CAPI ISDN adaptor
not an isdn4linux adapter. 

gnophone on your * server will require X on your * server, and that
would not be recomended. On my 1ghz AMD chip the screensaver could cause
a severe degradation on my VoIP channels. Put gnophone on your other
asterisk boxes and call each other.  

-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>