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<DIV><SPAN class=125065813-25082004>I plan to set up an Asterisk server later
today or tomorrow to begin putzing and learning about it. Learn by
doing...</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=125065813-25082004>I would like to cut thru some of the
confusion that such a flexible system tends to breed by quickly describing my
end goal and getting some input from the 'group mind' as to the pieces I should
concentrate my efforts on.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=125065813-25082004>We are a 5-person operation with 6 VOIP
numbers an old-style POTS PBX (Vodavi Starplus 616EX) and a dozen 6-line
desk phone stations. Rather than using a small bank of ATAs, we would like
to use an Asterisk server to 'terminate' the VOIP lines and route them to both
the Starplus desk phones and to softphones running on certain workstations.
That is, a new incoming call would ring both the first unused line hooked
to the Starplus and the first unused line on the softphones.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=125065813-25082004>So... The question is... to get that to
work, what sort of hardware do I need in the Asterisk box to turn the incoming
VOIP calls into a two-wire POTS input for the Starplus PBX and what is a
suggested softphone we can use with Asterisk?</SPAN></DIV>
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