[asterisk-users] hardware requirements for asterisk

[Alex Balashov]

asterisk at opensourcesolution.in wrote:

> hello friends
>  friend i had just finished my chapters of asterisk. ill be configuring 
> asterisk in for home for r/d purpose.  i am having p4 machine with 1 GB 
> RAM, ill be configuring asterisk on centos 5.3, the only doubt which i 
> am having is  which hardware ill have to buy to configure asterisk. i 
> think analog card ? plz clear my doubt. n be with me from beginning till 
> end, of the journey of asterisk.

Depending on what you intend to accomplish, you may not need any 
additional hardware;  you do not need PSTN connectivity to use 
Asterisk.  If you want it anyway, you can get PSTN origination (calls 
from the PSTN->VoIP) and termination (VoIP->PSTN) over IP without any 
need for physical lines.

If you have a fixed analog line and are determined to interface it 
with Asterisk, you would need an FXO card.  TDM hardware that 
interfaces with T1/E1 circuits (ISDN PRI, typically) is also available.

-- Alex

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