Thanks Daniel. This looks like exactly what I was looking for. I think I'll grab these and give it a try, if for nothing else than just to learn something new. If for some reason it doesn't work out, I can look at other options like running wire outside the building.
Craig On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 12:38 PM Daniel White <dwh...@atheral.com> wrote: > I've not personally done this, but I'd be a Grandstream HT801 for the FXS > port and a Grandstream HT813 for the FXO port would work. > > This document outlines the config - > https://www.grandstream.com/hubfs/Product_Documentation/Peering_HT8XX_with_HT813.pdf?hsLang=en > > [image: photograph] > Daniel White > Co-Founder > phone: +1 (702) 470-2770 > direct: +1 (702) 470-2766 > > Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> > March 3, 2022 at 11:06 > I have done it with FXS to FXO ATAs. > > *From:* dmmoff...@gmail.com > *Sent:* Thursday, March 3, 2022 10:55 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? > > > Yeah. The Linksys/Sipura SPA equipment could do that. You’d get a device > with the FXO port on one end (I think SPA3000) and then an ATA at the other > end. > > I don’t think that feature set survived the transition to Cisco…..I’m > afraid I don’t know the modern equivalent. > > > > Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution for > a gift shop. > > > > Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a > little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. That > might be cheap enough, but this may not be practical for everyone. I’m > pretty certain it would work, it would just burn a lot of your time. > > > > I’d hope somebody here knows the current good/cheap option, but I’m afraid > I don’t. > > > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Craig Baird > *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2022 12:48 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? > > > > Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, > convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a > normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? > > > > Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a restaurant > in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they have a POTS > line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of the gift > shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into the > restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid of > the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. > Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there > isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a > bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an > ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively > easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. > > > > So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs into > Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also > plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each > other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where > it needs to be. > > > > Do such devices exist? > > > > Craig > > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > dmmoff...@gmail.com > March 3, 2022 at 10:55 > > Yeah. The Linksys/Sipura SPA equipment could do that. You’d get a device > with the FXO port on one end (I think SPA3000) and then an ATA at the other > end. > > I don’t think that feature set survived the transition to Cisco…..I’m > afraid I don’t know the modern equivalent. > > > > Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution for > a gift shop. > > > > Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a > little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. That > might be cheap enough, but this may not be practical for everyone. I’m > pretty certain it would work, it would just burn a lot of your time. > > > > I’d hope somebody here knows the current good/cheap option, but I’m afraid > I don’t. > > > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Craig Baird > *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2022 12:48 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? > > > > Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, > convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a > normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? > > > > Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a restaurant > in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they have a POTS > line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of the gift > shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into the > restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid of > the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. > Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there > isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a > bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an > ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively > easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. > > > > So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs into > Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also > plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each > other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where > it needs to be. > > > > Do such devices exist? > > > > Craig > > > > > Craig Baird <cr...@xpressweb.com> > March 3, 2022 at 10:47 > Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, > convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a > normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? > > Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a restaurant > in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they have a POTS > line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of the gift > shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into the > restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid of > the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. > Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there > isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a > bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an > ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively > easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. > > So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs into > Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also > plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each > other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where > it needs to be. > > Do such devices exist? > > Craig > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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