[Asterisk-Users] Re: 3x AVM Fritz!Card PCI for a EuroISDN PBX.

[Cees de Groot]

WipeOut  <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com> said:
>David M. Wilson wrote:
>
>>Hi there!
>>
>>I'm currently considering various PBX solutions for our office telephone
>>network, and would very much like to use Asterisk. Currently, my
>>research is incomplete. I have been recommended to use the above cards,
>>but it is unclear from my Googling whether my configuration will work:
>>
>>   - 3x Fritz!Card PCI's in one host.
>>   - 3x 6 b-channels.
>>   - ~20 Budgetone (and some others) handsets.
>>
>>
>>Can anyone answer these questions:
>>
>>   - Will the 3 ISDN cards function correctly in one host?
>>
>>   - Will running all 3 cards flat out require particularly beefy
>>     hardware?
>>
>>   - Will the Grandstream phones provide a good equivilant to
>>     professional dedicated PBX phones? (assuming a good network)  I
>>     have read lots about echo problems and so on, is this an issue?
>>
>>
>>Any help in the matter would be very much appreciated. Thanks in
>>advance!
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>The driver from AVM only allows one Firtz card in a PC, there is a hack 
>to run two but I don't know about 3.. Save yourself a lot of time and 
>frustration and get a 4 BRI card from Eicon or AVM ( I believe the Eicon 
>is better becasue it has echo cancellation but a little more expensive 
>than the 4BRI AVM card) especially if its for an office install of that 
>many users..
>
>The GS phones are fine and work well, they have a few quirks but these 
>should be fixed on the next firmware upgrade..
>
>If you are running GS phones then the only codec availible to you is the 
>G.711, using this codec you will not need all that powerful a server.. A 
>1Ghz and above processor with 256+MB of RAM should be fine..
>
>Later..


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