[asterisk-users] wireless ATA

[Jon Pounder]

Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 2009, Jon Pounder wrote:
>
>   
>> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>>
>> why not just put something like a wet11(wireless bridge) and pap2t(2x
>> fxs) in the same box ?
>> dev time = 0
>> cost ~100
>>
>> those are just two of the many products that would work together to do
>> what you want.
>>     
>
> But that wouldn't be anywhere near as fun :)  It doesn't accomplish the 
> end goal of having a product, which I think there would be a market for, 
> either.  The cost is a bit more than $100, though, too - WET11's seem to 
> go for about $70, and the PAP2T for $50... but that is still significantly 
> less than what I am talking about.
>
> Would anyone buy such a product if it existed?
>   
Personally I would go for the approach of having a couple off the shelf 
products even if they were inside a box to pretty it up. That way I know 
when there is a problem, I can just run out to any big box store and get 
parts to fix it quickly, and if I am keeping spares around the 
wired/wireless spares are partially the same components. I tend to stay 
away from specialty devices where possible just because when you need a 
replacement NOW its hard to find one.




> j
>
>   
>>
>>     
>>> 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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