More good ideas. I am leaning toward T1 chaining. Although the Adtran Atlas 550 idea seems completely viable as well. Thanks again guys for the great advice. Nate
On 10/19/07, Mike Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bill dwyer wrote: > > > > > > On 10/18/07, *bill dwyer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > I have a few questions for the brain trust that is the biz list... > > Any thoughts, critisims or flaming is welcome. > > > > I am looking to use 1 T1 (PRI) to split between 3 systems. Let me > > give you an idea of what we are talking about: > > 1. Asterisk PBX that runs our internal business phone system, (4 > > Lines) using a TE12OP digium card with the T1 and VoIP for the > > internal communication. > > 2. Asterisk Voicemail system using VoIP for inbound and outbound > > to a gateway that is attached to the T1, (4 Lines) (Possibly the > > Asterisk system in 1???) RIght now there is no card only ethernet. > > (Althoug I do have a 4 line digium analog card if that makes it > > easier.) > > 3. A Hylafax system running as a Efax platform for commerical > > purposes. (4 to 8 lines) Using a Digium Te220 card attached to the > > same T1. > > > > Now for the questions. Does this even sound feasible? Can I split > > the T1 between the 3 devices? > > Can the Asterisk system in 1 be a POTS to VoIP gateway for > > the second asterisk system? I would be willing to use the analog > > card if that last scenerio isnt possible, but what do I use to > > break the analog lines off the T1? I already have the 2nd system > > developed and running in a production environment, the other 2 are > > in development. > > > > Any ideas are welcome. > > Nate > > > > > > All 3 are good ideas. I already have all the hardware I mentioned so > > saving money on cards at this point isn't really the focus. Also for > > the same reasons combining the 3 servers into one seems a little > > risky, I would hate to bring down my 2 core products because I made a > > change to my internal PBX system. (The thought of my customers trying > > to call into my office because their voicemail and fax systems are > > not working and reaching a fast busy is quite scary! But it is great > > to know that it works!) I do like the idea of using a quad card to > > chain the systems to other T1 cards. My guess is that is going to > > produce the lowest latency and the cleanest calls. I beleive we are > > going the SIP route internally for the PBX system but because of > > issues with Fax and VoIP the voicemail and fax system have to be > > straight T1. As for TDMoE I am not aware of what this is. Time for a > > little googling to look into that. Thanks for all of your ideas. I am > > glad to see that I am not completely off base. > > Nate > > > Unless your systems are not all together on a local network, I don't > believe chaining the TDM hardware will produce a better call than SIP or > IAX for voice or voicemail. I definitely understand on the FAX, but I > believe that could be done with iaxmodem as well. > > Mike Clark > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >
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