The Cisco 242x (20 or 21), has a 24 port analog interface that supports 16 FXS and 8 FXO. I've delpoyed hundreds of these IAD's signaling with MGCP. Not sure if it supports SIP yet. Hope this helps...
Mike Michael Kane To-Talk Communications LLC. 37 Sandusky Dr. Wareham, Ma. 02571 508-295-2826 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Minimum budget question ... > Hi Tan, > > Thanks for the reply. I'll end up asking a load more questions now... > > What sort of prices are we talking about for the 24 port > VoIP gateway? > > I assume that each port is individually addresable by *? > > As I recall the 24 port gateways tend to be terminated at the FXS side > as some 'wierd' connector (wierd in that it's not rj45/11) do you just > wire this to a patch panel? > > What codec is in use to get all 24 ports 'running' at the same time..G729? > Does this cause problems since iirc * needs to run in console mode for > the G729 codec to work properly > > Thanks for the info... interesting site too :D > > Andy > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 30/06/2003 at 19:21 Tan Aks wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >We provide asterisk-based solutions to customers based in the uk. One of > >our > >customers (9 users) is trialling our low-end solution which comprises of a > >box with 2 x X100P (analogue line) cards installed, and a voip carrier for > >outgoing calls. This customer intends to have 13 extensions in his "live" > >scenario. The way to use multiple analogue phones is: > > > > 1) get a T100P card and use a T1 channel bank sourced from the US > > 2) use a couple of TDM400P cards to give 8 extensions, and use IP > >phones for the other extensions > > 3) use a voip gateway to provide up to 24 x analogue extensions per > >IP address. VoIP gateways are commonly available and convert analogue lines > >into a SIP/H323 VoIP stream. > > > >You can get an E1 terminated with an RJ45. If you have a coax termination > >then you can use a balun to get rj45 connectivity. > > > >Hope that helps. > >Tan (telappliant.com) > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Andy Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:26 PM > >Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Minimum budget question ... > > > > > >Tim, > > > >a good comprehensive answer to the question...certainly gave me a few > >things > >to think about. I do have a few questions though, since I'm in Europe. > > > >Has anyone in Europe set up something equivalent to what Tim suggested? > > > >What sort of prices did it work out at? > > > >How did you solve the channel bank 'issue' in Europe? > > > >I keep reading that E1 lines are coax terminated, is this correct or do you > >usually get a choice from your teleco? > > > >Were there any other issues to contend with? > > > >I'd certainly be interested in the experiences of anyone in Europe... > > > >Thanks > > > >Andy > > > > > > > > > >On 30/06/2003 at 10:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>If this is for commercial use, especially if you are going to be selling > >>this solution, I would suggest that you don't even offer the choice of > >>analog lines except in the smallest of offices. Unless you like to > >>spend a lot of unbillable time supporting them :) > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users