[asterisk-users] Grandstream GXW-4108 8 port FXO

[Jessee J Holmes]

Chris,

These devices are still very new to the market. Finding reviews on  
them may be tough still. From our experience its a good little device  
for the dollar; but, keep in mind, it's still a low cost gateway and  
that normally means don't expect too much.

We've sold few cases here and response on them have been both good  
and bad. Grandstream for a while stopped shipping any units they had  
due to firmware problems on the unit. Quality of this product is  
driven a lot off of the firmware alone unfortunately as well as the  
environment the units are being used in. However, supposedly  
Grandstream began shipping the unit again recently and released new  
firmware on many of their products which they have boasted to us as  
being "much better".

That being said, I can't say whether this unit works great, good, or  
poorly at this time. I would say it could work very well for a budget  
conscious,small office or home office setup.

I'd like to see some good user reviews on this unit from people that  
have it running in a live environment. We've only played with it here.

Jessee Holmes
Atacomm / Ataractic Corporation
www.atacomm.com
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On Dec 21, 2006, at 3:29 PM, cb wrote:

> Has anyone used either the 8 port or 4 port FXO device from  
> Grandstream? (GXW-4108 or 4104).
>
> They seem to be the lowest cost multi port FXO devices that I can  
> find, so I'm getting ready to buy the 8 port version. I just want  
> to see if there are any opinions on the device before I commit to  
> the purchase.
>
> If people have not used the Grandstream, are there any issues with  
> using similar devices (that is, FXO devices that connect to the  
> Asterisk server via SIP over Ethernet).
>
>
> I am looking to connect at least 8 PSTN lines, and as many as 12 or  
> 16 to Asterisk (Currently using Trixbox, but I'm also looking at  
> either AsterixNow or just building from scratch on a bare linux  
> box). Money is a major concern in my purchases, which is why I'm  
> looking at the Grandstream (even used on ebay, I don't seem to be  
> able to find 8-16 port FXO devices for less than the approx $50 per  
> port the Grandstream will get me... plus it has a video input for a  
> security camera which is just a plus to me as installing a web  
> capable surveillance camera at the location is on my to do list).
>
> -chris
> <www.mythtech.net>
>
>
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