[asterisk-users] Re: On Topic: Cheapest Asterisk USB Key?

[Drew Gibson]

I don't know if it's quite what you're looking for but the Linksys NSLU2 
(slug) might do the job. It runs Linux natively and you have a choice of 
2 or 3 distros and many pre-packaged apps. Not sure about connecting it 
directly to a PC via USB but it has a 10/100 ethernet port. I paid 
CDN$90 for mine (brand new), add a few $ for a USB stick for storage so 
it's in the US$100 ballpark.
I'm told it has enough horsepower to carry 4 simultaneous calls.

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/

regards,

Drew


Matthew Rubenstein wrote:
> 	Here's a flipside of this subject: what is the absolute cheapest Linux
> device that can be connected to a PC's USB port? That has just enough
> power for a minimal Asterisk server running on it. The Asterisk just
> maintains a CDR database on its Flash memory, which it periodically
> submits over the PC's network connection with an HTTP hit on a remote
> full-service Asterisk server? No call handling, DSP or anything really
> number crunching, no telephony terminal or other services. The
> lowest-performance device that plugs into the USB, with its own Linux
> instance. In OEM quantity, under $50? Under $100?
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 02:51 -0700,
> asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com wrote:
>   
>> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:02:06 -0500
>> From: "Mike Lynchfield" <theclubvoip at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Off Topic: Open Source USB Softphone
>> To: michael at vandonselaar.org,   "Asterisk Users Mailing List -
>>         Non-Commercial
>> Discussion"      <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
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>>
>> sip would be the required one as iax..well..
>>
>> also openwengo wont work.. to much overhead .. broswrer needed.. ie
>> component + flash + css+js etc.. not viable..
>>
>> so im also asking anyone have one ? since ihave a supply of around
>> 2000 of
>> the vonage usb stick OEM..
>>
>> On 3/30/07, Michael Van Donselaar <michael-list at vandonselaar.org>
>> wrote:
>>     
>>> Which USB Phone?  I have written custom versions of iaxcomm for
>>>       
>> various
>>     
>>> people,
>>> and have a version that works with the Yealink phone.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:33:07 -0300, "Luis Claudio Santos" <
>>> listas.lcs at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I need a softphone - for usb phone devices - that I can alter
>>>>         
>> (insert
>>     
>>> logo,
>>>       
>>>> menu, etc).
>>>>
>>>> Does somebody know such one?
>>>>
>>>> []s
>>>>         
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