[asterisk-users] North American voice BRI - Informal survey

[Stephen Bosch]

Jon Pounder wrote:
> I have a bunch of old cisco stuff with BRI ports on it but it was  
> never meant for voice, just purely data, so I don't think its very  
> useful for this purpose, but some of the basic signalling could  
> probably be tested with it.
> 
> is exploring some sort of back to back card setup worth looking into  
> without committing to a line ? Then at least if a pair of cards can  
> talk in the "new format" there is a better chance of them working on a  
> real line. This would also have the advantage of being able to see  
> both ends of the line for debugging purposes, or put the line in the  
> euro mode which should work out of the box just to make sure the  
> hardware setup is all valid before making changes.

Maybe, but it will probably mean writing another driver just to provide
telco-side signalling -- or is it the same on each end?

What's the deal with PRI cards? Can you run those back-to-back?

-Stephen-