[Asterisk-Users] Hints on hardware to use

[Jonathan]

On Wednesday 19 October 2005 15:34, asterisk wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have to deploy an Asterisk PBX with this requirements:
> > - 1 or 2 ISDN lines in input/output
> > - 14 internal analog phones (yes, I know, analog ones...  ;(  )
> > - Billing interface for the operator (for usage of analog phones)
> > For the external interface I'm thinking about Beronet Quad Span ISDN/BRI
> > Card TE/NT (BN4S0).
> > I'm in trouble about the internal interfaces: the first thought was about
> > Digium card (4 x TDM400P with 2 x S100M modules each), but it's difficult
> > to find a MB with 5 PCI, and I'll have no chanches for future expansions.
> > Does anyone of you know a PCI card with 8 FXS port that SURELY works with
> > Asterisk?
> > I'm ready to examine any other piece of hardware with 8 or more FXS
> > ports, too...
> > By the way, for billing operations I'm going to check AstBill sofware;
> > did anyone positively try it with asterisk in operational environment?
> > Jonathan
>
> For your internal analog extensions why not get a Digium T1 card and a
> channel bank.  I only have experience with Adtran 600E but they work
> extremely well and can be had used on ebay for about $600 regularly (if you
> are lucky you may be able to get it much cheaper.)  I read the Rhino
> channel banks are much cheaper and work well with asterisk but have no
> personal experience.
>
> With the Channel bank solution, you are looking at $500 for the T1 board
> and another $600 for the channel bank with 24 FXS ports.  Its a solid
> solution and gives you tons of room to upgrade from 14 FXS ports to 24 by
> simply adding phones.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro

It's surely a better way than mine to solve the problem...
But how can I integrate Adtran 600E with Asterisk box (apart the phisical 
connection with the two T1 ports)? How changes the configuration of Asterisk 
files? Is it like a bridge across two T1 lines or what?
I'm not so expert about this type of Asterisk configurations: can I find hints 
or docs somewhere?

I've also googled a bit, and I've found the MOSA3716 box: 16 FXS and 2 
ethernet ports, for about 1.200$ at bobascom.
What do you think about it? It seems * compatible, and with ethernet ports it 
wouldn't need anything else than 1 ISDN card for inbound/outgoing calls...

It could be completely transparent to * box and the analog phones...
Have you ever heard something about it?

Thanks in advance


						Jonathan