[Asterisk-Users] How to use a data T-1?

[Henry J. Cobb]

> I have a data T-1 available to me to do some testing of a new asterisk
> systemthat I am putting together.  Do I just leave this T routed through
> my cisco router and plug in the asterisk system through a network card
> or do I need to get a T-1 card and use that?  I looked on the voip-info
> wiki and it did not seem to answer this for me.
>
> TIA,
> Warren

If this data T-1 just goes to the Internet then you would use it just like
any other network connection at your cisco router.

If this data T-1 goes between two sites of yours then you could use it
either as a dedicated route between network cards on each end (that
connect to cisco or other brand routers) or a voice route between two
Asterisk servers with voice T-1 cards.

The choice would be between capacity for say G729 trunks over a data link
or latency as voice T-1s.

-- 
Henry J. Cobb
http://www.io.com/~hcobb/