[Asterisk-Users] Japanese ISDN BRI card for asterisk (INS64) where to start?

[Clive]

Hi

It looks to me that the intel board is the same as the dialogic board.

Clive

On 29 Aug 2005 at 11:43, Mick Hastings wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I currently run asterisk in our office (in Japan) and use a cisco PRI 
> gateway for connection to the PSTN. I would like to setup some more systems 
> for our smaller offices (in Japan) that would use BRI and preferably using a 
> PCI card in the asterisk box and not a seperate Cisco gateway (expensive). 
> HOWEVER, Japan has this INS64 protocol for their BRI lines and im not sure 
> what cards are available that are compatible with asterisk and Japanese BRI 
> (INS64). I know that it is supported by Cisco (like they support Japanese T1 
> PRI (INS1500)) but it just adds to the cost and is another piece of 
> hardware.
> 
> I tried searching the archives and only found a few references to INS64 and 
> it didnt sound too promising. I then searched the net and found this 
> Intel/Dialogic board:
> 
> BRI/80-PCI BRI/PCI Series High-Density ISDN Basic Rate Interface Boards
> (for details see: http://www.intel.com/network/csp/products/7007web.htm)
> 
> It seems to support INS64 but appears to only have windows drivers. Has 
> anybody used this cards with asterisk? is it possible? or even likely that 
> it would be supported by any of the linux ISDN drivers?
> 
> I also noticed some other mentions of 'ISDN protocol converters' What are 
> these specifically? (im guessing they convert between US BRI standards and 
> INS64), how much are they? where do I get one?
> 
> Has anybody out there got an asterisk system running with INS64 connections 
> to their box? If so could you please let me know how you are doing it, else 
> can anybody offer any information as to where I should start to look for 
> more informaion this topic?
> 
> I really appreciate the help.
> 
> cheers,
> Mick Hastings
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com --
> 
> Asterisk-Users mailing list
> Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com
> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users