Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behinda MeridianNorstar
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The migration does not have to happen all at once, you can take it slow, make it invisible to the end user, start using VoIP trunks and all that Asterisk has to offer, and have a super flexible migration path. Steve, Lots of good info! So if I put a T1 card in an Asterisk Server, and a T1 card in the Norstar How does a user on the Norstar dial 221 and reach a voip only user connected to asterisk via ip only? That assumes as you mentioned new users are added as voip users in the future? Thanks! jlc For simplicity sake, I usually suggest going from a three digit dialplan to a four on the Asterisk box (that does not conflict with any routes on your legacy system. So for a recent Merlin Magix, people kept the same extension, the 300 range but for migrated or new extensions we added a 5XXX so if their exten was 301 it would become 5301. There are other ways of doing it, but I find that more simple than messing with the legacy system's settings very much. Thanks, Steve Totaro ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behinda MeridianNorstar
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:23 AM, John Faubion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I am not sure what is needed to interface between the two. I hoped there was something you could use and from the Joseph, Now I'm pretty sure we are not talking about the same things. Let me see if I have the correct picture in my head. I now think you have a Norstar in one office and an asterisk system in another office and want to allow them to send calls between them. Is this correct? Do they make phones with a gig switch in them? I am told there are phones with 100meg switches in them? The new Polycom 670 has a gig interface but at this point I'm not sure why you need that. Are you thinking that if the Norstar phones and lines can't be used, that you would need the phone to have a switch to share the Ethernet connection? Sorry for the confusion but I just want to make sure I know what you need before making a recommendation. John Citel will never get my business again. Their gateways are simply DTAs (digital terminal adapters) and I had nothing but problems with the Definity boxen, maybe they have got better. Heck, you have many options people are passing right over. Asterisk on a modest server with a quad port T1 card and a couple or few Adtran or Adit channel bank populated with the modules you need. Populate the channel bank with however many lines (FXO) coming from the telco and also populate the same channel bank or more with lines (FXS) that connect to your Meridian (I assume you are using POTS lines now), then connect the channel banks to Asterisk via T1. I have done this many many times and it always words great. Some just want additional functionality, others want a slower migration path and add SIP phones with new hires or when old phones break. Some that don't want VoIP on their LAN or only have CAT3 and others that run the FXS ports (single pair POTS) to the work stations so they can use any kind of regular analog phone that they want. There are place where a free after rebate phone is called for such as the lunch room. There are also some very nice analog handsets. The migration does not have to happen all at once, you can take it slow, make it invisible to the end user, start using VoIP trunks and all that Asterisk has to offer, and have a super flexible migration path. Thanks, Steve Totaro ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behinda MeridianNorstar
The migration does not have to happen all at once, you can take it slow, make it invisible to the end user, start using VoIP trunks and all that Asterisk has to offer, and have a super flexible migration path. Steve, Lots of good info! So if I put a T1 card in an Asterisk Server, and a T1 card in the Norstar How does a user on the Norstar dial 221 and reach a voip only user connected to asterisk via ip only? That assumes as you mentioned new users are added as voip users in the future? Thanks! jlc ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behinda MeridianNorstar
Steve, Lots of good info! So if I put a T1 card in an Asterisk Server, and a T1 card in the Norstar How does a user on the Norstar dial 221 and reach a voip only user connected to asterisk via ip only? That assumes as you mentioned new users are added as voip users in the future? Have the Norstar programmer send all 3 digit, unused extensions to the PRI. Then Asterisk will see 221, etc. and can handle at your dialplan sees fit. Retaining all NXX, NXXNXX, 1NXXNXX etc to the standard treatment they receive now. --- dbc. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Implementing an Asterisk Server behinda MeridianNorstar
Well, I am not sure what is needed to interface between the two. I hoped there was something you could use and from the Joseph, Now I'm pretty sure we are not talking about the same things. Let me see if I have the correct picture in my head. I now think you have a Norstar in one office and an asterisk system in another office and want to allow them to send calls between them. Is this correct? Do they make phones with a gig switch in them? I am told there are phones with 100meg switches in them? The new Polycom 670 has a gig interface but at this point I'm not sure why you need that. Are you thinking that if the Norstar phones and lines can't be used, that you would need the phone to have a switch to share the Ethernet connection? Sorry for the confusion but I just want to make sure I know what you need before making a recommendation. John ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
