[asterisk-users] Fritz! Card/CAPI Help.

[Jaap Winius]

Quoting Razza <razza30 at gmail.com>:

> Hi list, i'm keen to move to Asterisk 1.6, so really need to update my
> system which is running Mandrake 9.2 although it has been solid for years,
> fo Fedora 8. I have a Fritz! card for ISDN BRI, ... I 'modprobe capi' and
> 'modprobe fcpci' which appear to work fine, ...

Interesting. I still have several AVM Fritz!Cards, but I stopped using  
them after I upgraded my server because I could no longer get them to  
work. I used to compile the fcpci module for kernel 2.6.8, but it  
doesn't work with 2.6.18. AFAIK, AVM haven't bothered to produce any  
new Linux code for these cards since July 2005 (even though they still  
sell them):

    ftp://ftp.avm.de/cardware/fritzcrd.pci/linux/

Or, is newer fcpci code available from somewher else that will compile  
against later kernels? Your message seems to suggest this. Are you  
sure fcpci is loaded (lsmod)? I don't think the CAPI stuff will load  
without it.

Anyway, I've since switched to using Cologne cards instead. You have  
to compile some Zaptel modules for them. These cards are cheaper,  
easier to obtain and work just fine.

Cheers,

Jaap