On 4/24/06, Crazy Boy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Friends, > [..snip..] > -------> Employee 1 PC (Softphone i.e., Headphones with Mic) > -------> Employee 2 PC (Softphone i.e., Headphones with Mic) > -------> Employee 3 PC (Softphone i.e., Headphones with Mic) > -------> ------ > -------> ------ > -------> Employee 10 PC (Softphone i.e., Headphones with > Mic) > > and vice versa. > > How can I implement this? Is it possible to implement this using "Asterisk" > software? If It can be implemented using "Asterisk" software, What softwares > I should install in Server and Employee PC's? Is there any need of buying > extra hardware? [..snip..]
It can be done with Asterisk. For the server side, you would need to install Asterisk on your Fedora 5 box, Zaptel and lots of Wiki reading. I don't recommend using softphones for your employee PCs. It looks like an attractive solution at first (from a cost perspective) but in reality it's not very practical (at least that was my experience). Buying 5 x 2 port ATAs will cost you around $300-$350 which is not really expensive considering the kind of powerful PBX you will have at your disposal. I would have suggested some Digium hardware for the FXS (extensions) but I think it will be a lot more expensive (for 10 extensions) than the ATAs solution. You could also look into a channel bank, but again it will be more expensive than the 5 ATAs. As for the FXO (incoming/outgoing PSTN) I recommend buying Digium hardware (TDM400P). Hope this helps, and good luck! Regards, Gonzalo. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users