[asterisk-users] Newbie, Question on making a PSTN call..

[Cary Fitch]

I understand the desire to try, but you are trying too hard.  Getting a soft
modem to work with Asterisk is. like trying to push a string up a 10 foot
pipe.

 

At the least, buy an inexpensive FXO device from someone like Grandstream
and use it via Ethernet to work with Asterisk.  If you have greater
ambitions, buy any appropriate piece of hardware and start with that.

 

Otherwise, "You are going to have a lot of string in that pipe, before you
see any come out the top."

 

You won't get help on this because no one really knows how to do it or if it
will work at all.

 

I am trying to help, by getting you to try a better way.

 

Good luck.

 

Cary Fitch

 

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From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Shiva Kumar
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:27 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Newbie, Question on making a PSTN call..

 

Need help pls..Anyone?

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Shiva Kumar <shivku at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Asterisk-users, 
I am new to Asterisk. I got SIP Calls to work between two computers using a
soft phone and asterisk in the middle. Since then, I have been trying to get
my soft phone to make a PSTN call with terrible failure for about two days
now.

On Windows using asteriskwin32:
I have a soft modem (Agere HDA Modem) in my laptop. Windows' default dialer
is able to make a PSTN call by connecting the Phone's RJ line into my
laptop's RJ 11. I am unsure what drivers to choose where and what parameters
to change in tapi/fx configuration files etc. to get asterisk to use this
modem to call out. 
Read plenty of articles about how asterisk cannot make a good phone call
using a half duplex modem. But, This is for experimental purposes and I will
be thrilled to just get my phone ringing before I go out to buy specific
hardware. 

On my Ubuntu:
Next up, I connected my phone(NOKIA N73) to my computer, ensured that I am
able to connect to internet on my ubuntu. wvdial works good too. Again, I am
unsure how to get asterisk to connect to this modem so that I can use my
soft phones to make a call. 

Need help.  Thanks in Advance. 

-- 
Shivku, 
http://blog.shivku.com




-- 
Shivku, 
http://blog.shivku.com

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