[asterisk-users] wireless ATA

[Jon Pounder]

Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:

why not just put something like a wet11(wireless bridge) and pap2t(2x 
fxs) in the same box ?
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cost ~100

those are just two of the many products that would work together to do 
what you want.



> 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
>
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