[asterisk-users] wireless ATA

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

I have a need for an ATA that will register over wifi.  *NOT* a DECT phone 
or other cordless type phone plugged into a wired ATA.

Not seeing one right off, and following the recent discussions about 
compact fanless systems, I thought a custom build-your-own might not only 
be useful for my purpose, but may be a viable product in its own right.

So I started looking for mini-PCI based FXS cards.  The only one I seem to 
find is the OpenVOX A400M.  Anyone have experience with it?  Any 
alternatives?

Having perused the last fifty or so emails on the various motherboards 
available, several seem to have two mini-PCI ports, so the very basic idea 
is to buy one of them and put both an OpenVOX card and a 802.11g radio 
card in it.  Is there any reason these smallish motherboards would be 
unable to power both boards?  Heat issues?  Any suggestions on how to 
choose one of the wifi cards?

I would like to run DD-WRT on this beast to handle the wifi-client mode, 
and I noticed (though have not tried) that DD-WRT has a build that 
includes asterisk, which would of course drive the FXS port.

I figure the whole thing should cost less than US$250, and in quantity 
perhaps much less.

Another thought is to skip the whole FXS port card and use the built-in 
sound interface to the small motherboard to drive a simple headset based 
phone.  That would be significantly cheaper.

If anyone is as interested as I am in creating this beast and would like 
to donate the needed pieces to the cause, I will commit to writing a web 
interface and the pieces to do remote provisioning, and we can market the 
new product...

Cheers,

j