[Asterisk-Users] Compatible Asterisk Connectivity Cards : Sangoma

[John Novack]

Jim Hanlon wrote:

>I used the Sangoma S518 card in an IBM x-series server, replacing a telco supplied ADSL modem/router. It is obviously more expensive
>than the mass-produced product, a 2-Wire unit. On the other hand, it is well-constructed, and it did a good job in initially
>connecting to the network. As for performance, it offers a definite benefit in response time. With the external router, I was seeing
>11-12 mSec pings to a university server a couple of miles away. That's very good. But with the S518, I am getting 7-8 mSec ping
>times. Quite a relative improvement. And with the server's freed-up 100BaseT port, I gained a DMZ possibility--another win.
>Digium offers nothing comparable, so I can't comment on the relative merits of their hardware.
>
>Jim Hanlon
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
>>Andrew Kohlsmith
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 8:17 AM
>>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Compatible Asterisk 
>>Connectivity Cards : Sangoma
>>
>>On Monday 03 April 2006 12:09, mustardman29 wrote:
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>>>NO IRQ INTERRUPT ISSUES ON THE SANGOMA CARDS.  THIS ALONE IS A GOOD 
>>>ENOUGH REASON.
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>>>
>>The Sangoma cards are historically MUCH better about being 
>>able to share interrupts than the Digium cards have been.  
>>However, I have personally run across one (and only one) case 
>>where a Sangoma A101u could not share an IRQ with a Sangoma 
>>S518 on an older Dell P3 machine.  Funnily enough, a T100P 
>>had absolutely no trouble in this case.
>>
Recently got an A200 with 2 FXS and 2FXO cards working  with a 
motherboard that claimed to be PCI 2.2, but would not see a TDM400 card, 
so it was set aside. Digium's answer was "try another Motherboard, there 
can't be anything wrong with our card" !!
The A200 works, and works well.
As a less than novice with Linux, I found the installation instructions 
on their site less than optimal, but finally got it all working. 
Discovered and reported a defect in their driver associated with pulse 
dial on the FXS. It DID take them some time to respond to E-mail, but 
once it went to engineering they came back with a fix in 2 days.
For me, the A200 is a better solution.

John Novack