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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Just
ME<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:00 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Asterisk-Users] Newbie
hardware question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have scanned
through the archives of this list and found a number of question about
hardware, but I just can not find the answer to my question. I am new to
phone systems, I got "drafted" to come up with a new phone system for our
company (I guess they figure since I know computers I know phone systems as
well :O).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have 5 analog
(I guess they are called PSTN lines) lines coming in and 16 clients
(telephones) in our office. I am not worried about the minimum computer
requirements because I have a couple of spare P4 based servers with 512
megs of memory, but I need to know what cards should I be looking at using
because I will run out of PCI slots if I use 4 TDM400P cards (for
the clients) and 5 of the X100p (for the
lines). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any help or advice
would be greatly appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Jon
Hoffman <SPAN class=366351219-30102003><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=366351219-30102003><FONT
color=#0000ff>Jon,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=366351219-30102003> <FONT color=#0000ff>Steven
just answered this question quite well, so I'll just refer
to him:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN class=366351219-30102003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=366351219-30102003>Andy</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=366351219-30102003>snip</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=845205216-30102003><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=366351219-30102003><FONT size=2>
<P>You will want either a T100P, or a T400P. Then you will want a channel</P>
<P>bank that is modular enough to add a FXO card to it. With 5 lines of</P>
<P>FXO, the Adtran units will be a good choice as they are in units of 6</P>
<P>lines. The Adit cards are 8 lines at a time. The Adtran unit would let</P>
<P>you get 18 extensions and 6 incoming lines on a single T1 interface. </P>
<P>Both of these units can be bought on Ebay for relatively inexpensive</P>
<P>compared to new prices. Then you will either have to scour the net for</P>
<P>the FXO card, or go pay full price for it. </P>
<P>Either way, this gets you down to 1 PCI card. If you go the route of a</P>
<P>T400P card, adding more service later will be less of a hassle. You</P>
<P>could also use it to do your network routing if you decide to go frac
T1</P>
<P>for data and some phone service tacked onto the same T1 interface. This</P>
<P>could potentially even be a better route as you wouldn't need to find</P>
<P>FXO interfaces anymore. You would also get the benefit of using the new</P>
<P>software fax setup to get yourself on the way to unified messaging.</P>
<P>-- </P>
<P>Steven Critchfield
<critch@basesys.com></P></FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>