[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk as a GW or PBX?

[Andrew Joakimsen]

Start off by reading the main page: http://www.asteriskpbx.com

Yes, for a cheap solution Digium sells 1-4 port FXS cards to which you
connect "regular" phones to. I you wanted a larger setup you could go
for a channel bank.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kevin K
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 11:26 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk as a GW or PBX?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got myself all confused about the capabilities of *.  I somehow
> convinced myself (because I see a lot emails flying around about IP
> phones)
> that Asterisk works as a PBX and trunking gateway, but does not do
voice
> coding (i.e. TDM in, VoIP out).  Does Asterisk work as a VoIP gateway
that
> regular (non-IP, non-SIP) phones can connect to and establish voice
> connections to other non-IP or IP phones?
> 
> My understanding is that a network would be connected as so:
> PSTN phone <---> [a channel bank or something to put voice calls onto
TDM]
> <----> Asterisk  <---> RTP stream
> 
> Is this diagram feasible?  In this case, Asterisk would be acting as
the
> VoIP gateway (as well as have PBX responsibilities).
> 
> I'm trying to work out my confusions, please excuse the ignorance.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevin
> 
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