[asterisk-users] Asterisk, VoIP and Samsung iDCS100

[William Stillwell (Lists)]

How many lines are we talking here?

Get a two port T1/PRI Card, use a channel bank, and get your lines from your
provider on a PRI. (this way you can start off with 10 numbers, and add up
to 300+ and never have to add any "extra" lines at a per line price.

If you looking to save money with SIP providers, you're going to get hit or
miss performance with faxing.

William Stillwell


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ronny Adsetts
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:06 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk, VoIP and Samsung iDCS100

Thanks everyone for your replies so far. I've pretty much concluded that
going for a full Asterisk solution is the best longer term solution and
that's what I'll do. We're moving office before May so that's the perfect
time to put in a new phone system.

But, I need to implement something quick-time just to buy me some time to do
a full Asterisk solution. With that in mind, a couple of questions below:

Gordon Henderson said at 02/11/2010 16:39:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Ronny Adsetts wrote:
>> 1. Add analogue card(s) to the computer to run Asertisk and treat 
>> them as analogue extensions in the Samsung. Statically route each 
>> extension to a VoIP handset/user.
> 
> So incoming via ISDN, Samsung converts to analogue, PC converts to 
> VoIP and then out again - it'll work (maybe), but it's a huge waste of 
> resources.

It is a waste of resources I agree but might be the easiest way forward. As
I mentioned above, I need a quick and dirty short term solution to buy me
some time to scrap the Samsung and replace with Asterisk.

I have an "analogue extensions" card in the Samsung that we currently use
for a fax and answer-phone for one of our numbers (long story).

What hardware would I need in the Asterisk so I could hook up some analogue
extensions? Am I right in thinking I need something like an FXO/FXS card?

I imagine I could then route (effectively hard-wire) those extensions direct
each to a specific SIP phone using Asterisk?

Thanks again for all your help so far.

Ronny
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