[asterisk-users] TDM bus extension.

[Andrew Joakimsen]

On 5/25/07, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2007, William Moore wrote:
>
> > I think what mark was referring to there is dynamic spans.  They
> > actually work over a standard ethernet network.  They are configured in
> > zaptel.conf and zapata.conf just like any other zaptel device.
>
>    Interesting!  So Zaptel does have native TDMoE capabilities.

Technically.

>    Can anyone comment on successes or failures they've had in using these?
> Most of the feedback I've heard even on high-end TDMoE gear has been very
> lukewarm.

It is not something you should consider currently. Unless the Asterisk
development team suddenly decides to update the code.

>    Also, what about density?  Has anyone tried putting substantially more
> than one quad-span T1 card in an Asterisk box, repeated a couple of times
> and clustered together with some level of TDMoE?

Well with a single 24 channel spam running PRI the load on th e
machine shoots up to a crazy amount.... with Linux 2.6

I don't like to over-post but I just had to bring this one from the
archives to your attention:



On 4/11/07, Andrew Joakimsen <joakimsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would suggest you avoid TDMoE its support is pretty much depreciated
> and not supported by Digium. Does not work well with Kernel 2.6.x.