[asterisk-users] wireless ATA

[Jimmy Godbout]

Take a look at wrp400 from Linksys/Cisco. It has 2 fxs, 802.11g and 4 switched ports + wan.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeff at jeff.net
> Sent: Mon, 4 May 2009 19:05:25 +0000 (UTC)
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] wireless ATA
> 
> 
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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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