[Asterisk-Users] Looking for input on which way to go with smallbusiness setup

[Jean-Michel Hiver]

Kerry Garrison a écrit :

>You will kick yourself up and down the block for not using IP phones in the
>end. What are you going to spend? $65 for an ata and $25 for a phone? Spend
>the extra money and get SNOM or Linksys phones. You then need to figure out
>how to get 12 analog lines into Asterisk. Using 3 TDM400's is not really an
>option as you will spend countless hours trying to figure out interrupt
>issues.  The next best option is 3 Mediatrix 1204 Gateways, this will set
>you back about $1,800 and will be maxed out. The best option, sticking with
>analog lines that is, would be a Rhino CB-24 FXO Channel Bank connected to a
>Rhino R1T1 card in the asterisk server. This bundle will hit you for about
>$2,000 but will only be half full.
>  
>
True, but using IP Phones means you need to do proper QoS at the level 
of your LAN or install a second LAN (which kinda defeats the purpose) as 
otherwise a network card going bananas could kill your phone system. So 
you need to get a proper QoS enabled switch, which is quite expensive too...