[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Hardware

[Rich Adamson]

> > Does some hardware just not work very well with Asterisk?
> 
> Yes.   (or, no, depending on how you view the question....)
> 
> > I've got a fresh installation on a Fedora C2, P4x2, 2GB Ram.
> 
> Some people have reported problems with FC3, I don't know if FC2 is the 
> same...
> 
> > While listening to the demo over a softphone (over the LAN) I get a number
> > of crackles and skips.
> >
> > IS THIS NORMAL FOR ASTERISK?
> 
> No.
> 
> > Or is it hardware related?
> 
> It may well be software related - try a real SIP phone instead of a softphone 
> and see if the problems persist.
> 
> Softphones are not as good as hardware SIP phones.

Or, find the option in your softphone that relates to "transmit silence"
and turn it off. Some phones call this "silence suppression" or other
similar terms.