[asterisk-users] Newbie h/w Q, and confirming basic concepts

[John Novack]

Look long and hard before purchase of a TDM400 It doesn't work with many 
motherboards, and Digium's anser is "try another Motherboard"
Seriously consider the Sangoma A200
5 year Warranty and works with all motherboards.

John Npvack


Mike Morris wrote:
> I'm preparing for my first asterisk install, and would like to ask a 
> hardware question & confirm my understanding of some basics:
>
>     * The Q: I'm looking for 2 FXO ports to have asterisk answer 2
>       incoming lines. There are single FXO port cards for about
>       $30...  but dual cards, or the Digium "400" cards, are all
>       several hundred dollars. Why is this? Are the chipsets so
>       different, or am I missing something?
>
> And here's my plan to teach myself using increasing complexity:
>
>     * Starting point is standard PC, standard phone line
>     * do trixbox install on PC & connect to LAN (no special hardware yet)
>     * then I should be able to setup IVR and voice mail boxes, and
>       access them using a "soft phone" from any PC on the network, but
>       only"locally", using extension numbers, right?
>     * I could also plug IP phones directly into the network and access
>       the asterisk box "locally", using extension numbers, right?
>     * add FXO card(s), and connect incoming lines. Now I can also:
>           o dialup the voice mailboxes from any standard phone worldwide
>           o Use any of the IP and/or softphones to send and receive
>             calls via PSTN, right?
>     * add FXS card(s) and I can plug standard phones into the asterisk
>       box and I can use them as extensions, to either access voicemail
>       locally, or send/receive calls via PSTN ... right ???
>     * Now for VoIP I just have to order the service from a vendor like
>       vonage, and I can use any of the soft phones, IP phones or
>       standard handsets for VoIP... right ??
>
> Do I have any major misconceptions about the above?
>
> Thanks a lot for your patience !!!
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