[asterisk-users] Asterisk, VoIP and Samsung iDCS100

[Philipp von Klitzing]

Hi!

> > 2. Add BRI card(s) to the computer to run Asterisk and somehow hook 
> > up the Samsung.
>
> Do-able. Connect Asterisk to your ISDN2, then host the Samsung off the
> asterisk box. But then, might as well dump the Samsung and just put
> VoIP phones on everyones desks. 

If you decide to go down this route: You would need a 4-port ISDN card 
(since 2-port ISDN cards are hard to come by) in order to allow for 
direct bridging of ISDN-ISDN calls IF you want to operate an anlog fax on 
the Samsung. "direct" here means that the call will not travel through 
the Asterisk core.

Side note: Stay away from solutions that use mISDN, instead go with 
Zaptel (DAHDI), Woomera or CAPI.

Another way to go is to use an external ISDN gateway (Patton, for 
example), which will spare you from a lot of kernel & driver update 
headaches in the following years.

If you are planning on moving an anlog to an Asterisk-only solution on 
medium term, then consider to a) keep the Samsung for fax operation, or 
b) look at an ISDN card that has an option to sync an anlogue telephony 
card of the same vendor to the clock of the ISDN card (typically using a 
special but simple card-to-card cable).

Philipp