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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi, we have just received our first shipment of
digium cards, FXO + FXS combinations, and collected all the hardware for our
custom clone server which will house our test-bed for asterisk.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm based in Dhaka, Bangladesh so you will
understand we may not always be able to get all the hardware we need, when we
need them and in the manner that other people are used to.. from a catalog or
from a reputable vendor... but at least I can say that my Slackware host
machines have been in *continous* production service as the first ISP from 1996
onwards... and they have been steadily upgraded over time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to build my newest server based upon
Fedora Core 3, and load up asterisk. I was all set to do so.. but then I read in
Asterisk Users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 404:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Gentoo to compile all the apps. Fedora
Core 2 has worked fine for me<BR>running Asterisk for a long time now and I
recommend that over Fedora<BR>Core 3 due to the introduction of udev which
requires additional tweaks<BR>and too cutting edge versions of gcc for my
taste.<BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there any cheat sheet available
somewhere that could guide me to the pitfalls/path to Fedora installation with
Asterisk ? If I used Fedora 3, for the asterisk host OS, what "tweaks" and
changes would I have to consider doing ? I'm a very proficient Linux developer..
but that statement above (Attributed to Patrick) puzzles me, is it due to an
upgrade of a system, or a fresh installation ? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another issue I would like to request some advice
on is in two parts:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a) Analog ports, FXS or FXO variety, most probably
FXO variety. Can I do 20 FXO ports on an asterisk server ? if not, any examples
of a "large" number of FXO ports ? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>b) Digital ports, I assume 4xE1 ports are available
from Varion, or from Digium (not supported by them though) but what about
"cheap" channel banks, that are economical and no frills, good for loop
start/ground start with no polarity reversal, FXS variety. Any suppliers of
these devices, please contact me off list. (haque at at nmc dot dot pradeshta
dot dot net). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-samudra</FONT></DIV>
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