[Asterisk-Users] How can i test a modem with Asterisk?

[Fabrício Zimmerer Murta]

Oh, friend... I have realised just yesterday that's impossible to use
regular modems (say hayes/v90 33.6 or 56k) to plug asterisk to the world. I
can't figure out why. But they simply don't support it.
  If you want to use your isdn modem to plug * to the world, it's OK.
Else... Only just one modem kind is supported and, surprisingly it's a
winmodem, from Intel. It's Intel 537 w/ chipset MD32000. That's the sole
only modem supported to be used as a * node to link to the PSTN (telco) and
start to make calls from within the VoIP network (or whatever that passes
throught asterisk).
  I'm thinking in sending a mail for asking WHY THE HELL they can't support
bare modems, even if they have voice support (I have an USR w/ voice, 56k
and ISA kind, and I simply can't use it for testing an * box).
  Also, I think that with that computer you can gladly test you *
implementation as long as you don't use much concurrent connections.

- Fabrício
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eduardo López Martínez" <elopez at dit.upm.es>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 7:56 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] How can i test a modem with Asterisk?


> Hello all,
>
> I'm a newbee and i'd like to test some analog modems i have before
> purchasing any new hardware. I'm using:
>     - Pentium 500 MHz
>     - Several 56K and 33.6K analog modems (internal and external).
>     - ISDN BRI 1 port card.
>     - A LAN i've successfully tested some SIP sofphones.
>     - An ordinary telephon line (and an ordinary phone :) ).
>
> I only modified extensions.conf in order to test two softphones but i
> have no idea of configuring Arterisk to test a modem (special drivers,
> signaling configuration, complex dialplan configuration). Can anybody
> provide me a simple set of  config files to thest an analog modem?
>
> Thanks a lot!!!
> Eduardo Lopez
>
> PD.- I have no aditional hardware to thes the ISDN card.
>
>
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