[Asterisk-Users] IAX multiport ATA

[Martin Joseph]

On Jun 2, 2006, at 2:59 AM, Thomas Kenyon wrote:

> Mike Hammett wrote:
>> I'm looking for an ATA\Voice Gateway that runs IAX and has several
>> ports (8 would be nice).  I am looking to avoid devices that use the
>> same firmware as the ATCOM devices as I found them to be buggy (and a
>> PITA to find the proper update).
>>
> The Atcom devices use 2 different firmware branches, the PA168 ones 
> from
> aredfox (who open source it) and the CS6220 ones from Myson Century.
> Both are rather different.
> AFAIK only the PA168-based ones are the only ones that come in an IAX
> flavour, which is a shame since the most recent MC one seems to be
> pretty stable.
>
I am using one of the AG168V ata's here in my home with the latest 
aredfox.com IAX firmware.  The quality of the sound has increased 
immensely and overall the device works much better then it did with 
prior IAX firmware.  Also, a cool "feature" of this hardware is that I 
can flash the device to SIP, and it retains it's settings (ie you can 
flash it back and forth without reconfiguring).

I have asterisk configured with this extension as BOTH SIP and IAX2, so 
I can test both firmwares and not have to change anything on the 
asterisk server.  In the prior firmware I was using SIP because the IAX 
audio quality had major issues.  In fact I would say that the current 
IAX firmware STILL does have an occasional POP or click that seems 
inexplicable, but it's pretty rare and everything else works really 
solidly.

So based on my (limited) experience I think the PA168 based devices 
with the IAX firmware aren't perfect,  but are very good.  Hopefully 
the firmware continues improving...  The SIP firmware also provides 
another option.

Marty

PS I wish there was a cordless VOIP phone with the PA168 chip build 
into it...