[Asterisk-Users] Re: equipment configuration help

[asterisk groups]

Erick,

Consider trunking your Meridian to the Asterisk via an E1 card on the
Nortel. That way you'll be able to maintain your proprietary Nortel
phones and won't need a channel bank.

Your implementation would be something like this:

Cable & Worthless E1(or whoever)-->Asterisk(Sangoma port 1)-(Sangoma
port 2)-->Meridian--->Nortel Digital phones

suerte,
-M

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 18:37 -0500, Erick Perez wrote:
> Update to myself:
> So in terms of equipment I will need:
> Sangoma a102 E1 (two E1 ports) plus a E1 crossover cable
> a channel bank with 8 FXS ports
> 
> sounds expensive for just 8 analog ports. Any ideas?
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/31/05, Erick Perez <eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, Im about to start shopping parts for an * box. We are migrating
> > from a Meridian Norstar+ Modular ICS
> > 
> > Here are the customer details:
> > a) Meridian with 8 analog lines card and 32 nortel digital phones and
> > voicemail. We will interface * to the meridian using the analog ports
> > so we dont loose the phones.
> > 
> > b)half E1. The * box will get half E1 (with DID) for connecting to the
> > local telco.
> > We need two recepcionist/operator phones (sip or whatever)
> > 
> > So in terms of equipment I will need:
> > Sangoma a101 E1/PCI
> > an 8 port analog card
> > a channel bank?
> > 
> > Can someone tell me if i really have to buy an analog card? or maybe
> > link me to a web site that explains (with images) how a t1/e1 is
> > managed?
> > 
> > Thanks, and I apologize for this completely newbie question. I've
> > never seen images or instructions on how to handle this. Im not even
> > sure im using the right terms in Google.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > -------------------------------------------
> > Erick Perez
> > Linux User 376588
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> > Panama, Republic of Panama
> > 
> 
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