[asterisk-users] Which card to get?

[Danny Nicholas]

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Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Which card to get?

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 09:33:39AM -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:
> We are investigating the possibility of using Asterisk in a KVM based 
> virtual machine to handle connections to and from our HylaFax service.
>  Our current set up uses a dedicated host with external fax modems. 
> What I wish to know is what interface card would the list members 
> recommend for a proof of concept trial?

Hopefully if someone else has a different experience they will speak up, but
I've not personally heard of any cards working reliably in a PCI passthrough
mode. This could e a problem if you intende the KVM guest to handle all the
card communication.

You could get an analog gateway, or setup another small system to host any
cards you get to act as a gateway, and keep most of your logic on the KVM.

Cheers,
Shaun

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Shaun Ruffell
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This is not the route I would necessarily recommend, but the OBI110 works
for us as a POTS/DAHDI gateway on our VM setup.  You use 1 OBI110 box for
each pots line so you would need about 6 as I understand your post.