[asterisk-users] Asterisk on a MiniITX board+Atom1.6 2gb+Sangoma USB?

[Michael Graves]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:43:50 +0000, Veselin K wrote:

>Thank you Michael,
>Any advise on how to design my setup to avoid transcoding?
>
>Maybe:
>
>Incoming: PSTN -alaw-> Asterisk -alaw-> SIP Phone
>Outgoing: SIP Phone -alaw-> Asterisk -alaw-> IAX2 Provider
>
>Am I understanding this correctly?
>As long as the phone uses the same codec as the PSTN/IAX2 providers,
>then Asterisk should not need to transcode?

Right. Keep it simple. Allow only alaw in your configs and use SIP
phones set to prefer alaw.

Michael

>Regards,
>Veselin K
>
>On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:43:51AM -0600, Michael Graves wrote:
>> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:44:02 +0000, veselin at campbell-lange.net wrote:
>> 
>> >Hello,
>> >does this sound as a good combination, mini-itx board with Atom
>> >dual core 1.6ghz 2G ram and a sangoma USB?
>> >
>> >For a setup with PSTN for incoming and IAX2(alaw/gsm) for outgoing calls.
>> >
>> >- Would you say its a good choice from a hardware perspective?
>> >- Roughly how many concurrent calls would one of these be able to handle?
>> 
>> Probably as much as your bandwidth can handle. Check ont the voip wiki
>> (http://www.voip-info.org) and use the search term "dimensioning."
>> You'll find lots of older references to systems running at 400 MHz - 1
>> GHz passing many calls as long as they don't transcode between codecs.
>> 
>> I myself have a little FIT-PC2 that I'm starting to use for Asterisk.
>> It's basically a netbook, like the hardware you describe, but tiny and
>> very low power. Ideal for a small office or home office.
>> 
>> Michael
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