<div dir="ltr">Guys and gals - these are all excellent answers - I am not being clear, I think.<div><br></div><div style>Let me see if I can illustrate it.</div><div style><br></div><div style>If you cannot see my diagramme, let me know and I will make a word-type chart.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>So, the Ip device at the top is a SIP phone</div><div style>Asterisk Server </div><div style>Gateway /IP</div><div style><br></div><div style><ul style><li style>This gateway is where the SIP Trunk is - so, a provider like Packet 8 or Broadcomm would have this</li>
<li style>this connects directly to the public telephone system (somehow)</li><li style>a Digium card would not work for me as I am not looking to connect to a dial tone.</li><li style>Does this make sense?</li></ul><div style>
So, the Gateway/IP based - what the hell is that called? I am sure there is such an animal as most of us have configured SIP trunks on Asterisk - so, I'm thinking that this thing that connect to the public phone system is what we see as a SIP trunk - right?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>So, how the hell do I do that? Probably not that simple.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Thanks!</div><div style><br></div><div style>Glen</div></div><div style><br></div><div style><img src="cid:ii_13e5c239453d1d81" alt="Inline image 1"><br>
</div><div style><br></div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Eric Wieling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:EWieling@nyigc.com" target="_blank">EWieling@nyigc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Monday 29 April 2013, James Wystead wrote:<br>
> This is going to sound like a dumb-ass question:<br>
><br>
> The device that allows you to bridge Asterisk (or any other PBX) into<br>
> the pstn.. What is that called?<br>
<br>
</div>For 1 - 2 ports they are usually called an ATA (Analog Terminal Adapter). For more than 2 ports they are usually called Media Gateways.<br>
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