[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk hobby box

[Tom Rymes]

On Nov 15, 2005, at 6:16 PM, Logan wrote:

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> I am trying to set up a small hobby box on Debian Linux to play  
> around with. This will in no way be in a production evironment or  
> even a semi-production environment. Asterisk will be installed on  
> my personal Linux box. I have a generic Soft56k modem (which I hope  
> to soon replace) in there now. It doesn't work for PPP in Debian  
> because it's a Winmodem. <- That's irrelavent. I was wondering if  
> it was feasable to istall Asterisk on this box and have that modem  
> (or whatever modem) with a regular telephone wired to the "Phone"  
> port. I'm hoping to spend very little (under $50) or none, if  
> possible.

Logan,

You need to figure out what type of modem you have now. If, by  
chance, it happens to be a Digium X100P clone (very unlikely), then  
it will work. However, if it isn't an X100P clone, it will not work.  
Period. (Unless you code up a driver yourself).

That being said, and as I mentioned earlier, your cheapest choice is  
to go to eBay and search for X100P. However, IMNSHO, your best choice  
is to shell out somewhere around $100 for a Sipura SPA-3000. This  
will provide a way for you to connect your home phone line to  
asterisk, and a way for you to connect an analog phone to asterisk as  
an extension.

It would be a good idea for you to spend some time on google, voip- 
info.org, asterisk.org, asteriskdocs.org, etc. searching for  
information.

Tom

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