On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:11:55PM -0500, M.Hockings wrote: > I don't really know the name of what I want to look for but maybe > someone could tell me if it would be available. > I have a number of old analogue cell phones laying about here and I was > thinking it would be useful if I could set up a short range base station > for them that would cover maybe an acre or so. What I would like to be > able to do is use it to connect into Asterisk and this way have a useful > wireless extension-phone range.
Where are you. Generally you cant do that sort of thing as you don't have a license to operate in those frequencies. In the UK you definately don't (each cellphone has a license attached to it, it's just the operator pays the license fee). You cant get a license to operate a base station. Even if you could, running a basestation tends to need a hell of a lot of infrastructure behind it: - Basestation or BTS BSC (basesite controller) - generally can control up to about 100 BTSs. MSC (mobile switch centre) - like a telephony switch, connects BSCs and PSTN. HLR (home location register) - database of registered phones. Might need a VLR if allowing roaming. SMSC (short message service centre) handles SMS. Lots of glue ... Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ --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