[asterisk-users] wireless ATA

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

On Mon, 4 May 2009, Jon Pounder wrote:

> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>
> why not just put something like a wet11(wireless bridge) and pap2t(2x
> fxs) in the same box ?
> dev time = 0
> cost ~100
>
> those are just two of the many products that would work together to do
> what you want.

But that wouldn't be anywhere near as fun :)  It doesn't accomplish the 
end goal of having a product, which I think there would be a market for, 
either.  The cost is a bit more than $100, though, too - WET11's seem to 
go for about $70, and the PAP2T for $50... but that is still significantly 
less than what I am talking about.

Would anyone buy such a product if it existed?

j

>
>
>
>> I have a need for an ATA that will register over wifi.  *NOT* a DECT phone
>> or other cordless type phone plugged into a wired ATA.
>>
>> Not seeing one right off, and following the recent discussions about
>> compact fanless systems, I thought a custom build-your-own might not only
>> be useful for my purpose, but may be a viable product in its own right.
>>
>> So I started looking for mini-PCI based FXS cards.  The only one I seem to
>> find is the OpenVOX A400M.  Anyone have experience with it?  Any
>> alternatives?
>>
>> Having perused the last fifty or so emails on the various motherboards
>> available, several seem to have two mini-PCI ports, so the very basic idea
>> is to buy one of them and put both an OpenVOX card and a 802.11g radio
>> card in it.  Is there any reason these smallish motherboards would be
>> unable to power both boards?  Heat issues?  Any suggestions on how to
>> choose one of the wifi cards?
>>
>> I would like to run DD-WRT on this beast to handle the wifi-client mode,
>> and I noticed (though have not tried) that DD-WRT has a build that
>> includes asterisk, which would of course drive the FXS port.
>>
>> I figure the whole thing should cost less than US$250, and in quantity
>> perhaps much less.
>>
>> Another thought is to skip the whole FXS port card and use the built-in
>> sound interface to the small motherboard to drive a simple headset based
>> phone.  That would be significantly cheaper.
>>
>> If anyone is as interested as I am in creating this beast and would like
>> to donate the needed pieces to the cause, I will commit to writing a web
>> interface and the pieces to do remote provisioning, and we can market the
>> new product...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> j
>>
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