Thanks to you both. There is no NBX on UK eBay just now but I'll keep a lookout.
A couple of other notes. I found a link on http://www.adelheid.demon.co.uk/ispbx_d.html to some PBXs with digital extensions, some of which are inexpensive. In particular the Ackermann Euracom ranges. Also there is a Linux project Asterisk, http://www.asterisk.org/main/, which seems to require specific hardware though I'm not sure. If anyone can make sense of this please post.... Going back to the Euracomm some of them come with an /internal/ digital ISDN interface. Does anyone understand what that is for? Also they refer to the S0 bus. I've tried to make sense of this too but without much success. Initially I would like to be able to connect two router ISDN BRI S/Ts together through the PBX. Later I would like to be able to add analogue extensions and route between analogue and digital. And also to run a third ISDN link to an NT1 for connection to the public phone network. I wonder if this can be done with any of the above setups? Any help gratefully received. Thanks, James ""Hire, Ejay"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > One more note about the NBX 100. It is not inherently a Voice-over-Ip > device. By default, It's voice over ethernet. You have to purchase a > seperate liscense for voice-0ver-Ip. > > -Ejay > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Odette II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 4:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Home-use PABX [7:32584] > > > James- I'm not sure about Nortel, Lucent, or any of the other manufacturers, > but I know you can pick up a 3COM NBX off of ebay for 1/3 the price of it > brand new. They are usually posted with different variable line cards, so > you can read the descriptions and get a little education from there as to > what you may want. Keep in mind that E1/T1 still applies to Europe as > opposed to North America, so you would have to make sure that your > Multi-Flex trunk card on your 26xx/36xx/AS5x00 router can support that type > of trunk connection directly to the P(A)BX. Also, keep in mind that you may > just have scenarios where you used E&M lines, so getting the appropriate > router equipment for that will serve just as well as if you were trialing > the Analogue FXS/FXO line options. > > The thing to keep in mind is there are several combinations as to how you > want to "soup-bowl". > > One thing to note about the 3Com NBX- it's web-administered, as compared to > some of the other P(A)BXs that are administered via one of the "admin" > version telephones, or via terminal service connection with a bunch of > cryptic commands. While the web gui would be a crutch initially, it'll sure > help learn the XYZs a whole lot faster... of which the XYZs are going to be > fairly the same across most P(A)BX vendors... just like configuring routers > for different vendors- TCP/IP is still the same no matter how you slice it. > > That's my .25 for the month. It's all mere opinion, of which is always open > to modification based on new information :) > > HTHs! > > Mark Odette II > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Home-use PABX [7:32584] > > > I have a home lab just now consisting of a number of routers for > data. I would like to get more in to the voice side of > networking and wonder where best to start. My thoughts are to > buy a small second hand PABX with E1 and ISDN PRI lines but I'm > really not sure if that's how a PBX would be provisioned. I > guess that older PBXs would have analogue lines which would not > connect to my routers as I want them to, though some analogue > mixed with the above digital would be OK. Of course, cost would > be a major factor but I haven't as yet seen anything for sale > that looked like a digital telephone switch. > > So, that's the problem. As a starter for ten I would be grateful > if someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks. > - James [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=32728&t=32584 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
