[Asterisk-Users] Connecting asterisk over consumer wifi network

[pdhales at optusnet.com.au]

I was thinking ethernet-over-power myself, but I haven't tried it yet....

That plus those 8 port netgear POE switches might work well.

PaulH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Bagnall" <asterisk at minotaur.cc>
To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'"
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Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 3:40 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Connecting asterisk over consumer wifi network


> > So, I'd like to get some feedback on how it
> > might work if we
> >simply put a wireless access point at each workstation, and
> > used the 4 port switch to connect to the PC + polycom handset.
>
> In my experience, wireless signals have a really poor range in elderly
> buildings - they're usually built of much stronger stuff than the hollow
> plasterboard partitioning you get in many newer premises.
>
> > In old buildings, I have utilized existing cabling with a
> > channel bank and analog phones.  Many times, if you do a
> > little searching, you will find that there is old school 25
> > pair cables running though the building.  If you can find
> > that cable near where you would like phones, just take a pair
> > and put in a jack.
>
> If you've already got existing analogue telephone cabling into each area
> where your workstations are located and it's reasonable quality cable
(i.e.
> at least 2 pair, some sort of twisted pair arrangement) you may be able to
> re-use that to create the equivalent of Cat 3 structured cabling. Quite
> often you can even get away without the cable being twisted pair, just as
> long as you've got 2 pairs to work with.
>
> You might also want to consider HomePlug (ethernet-over-power) as a
> possibility for something relatively low bandwidth devices like IP phones.
> Put one of those into each work area, plug a small desktop switch into
each
> of them and you'll have however many ports you need for the phones.
>
> I would be inclined to avoid wireless if at all possible, particularly if
> coverage is marginal or if the clients (in this case APs) are constantly
> changing between different repeating stations.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
> -- 
> C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited
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