Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie setup (Hardware questions)

2004-12-15 Thread Erick Weber V.
FXO is for connecting a line FXS is for connecting a Phone Best Regards Erick - Original Message - From: "Puddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:59 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie setup (Hardware questions) Hell

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie setup (Hardware questions)

2004-12-15 Thread Aaron Johnson
Puddle wrote: We'd like to use VoIP Phones, and possibly Software Based phone (*NIX/Windows enviroment). Personally, I would recommend that you stay away from any software based phone. It is my experience that whenever a computer gets under any kind of load, it tends to degrade the voice qual

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie setup (Hardware questions)

2004-12-15 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 23:24, Puddle wrote: > Thanks, that makes a lot more sense. Would VoIP > phones still require FXO units or would that not > require any special telephony hardware? SIP phones connect by ethernet - no telephony hardware needed. You would want an FXO port if you want

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie setup (Hardware questions)

2004-12-15 Thread m. smadi
VoIP phones get connected to asterisk on the ethernet port so no need for FXO or FXS moe smadi Puddle wrote: Thanks, that makes a lot more sense. Would VoIP phones still require FXO units or would that not require any special telephony hardware? I'm looking to get the book VoIP Telephony with A

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie setup (Hardware questions)

2004-12-15 Thread Puddle
Thanks, that makes a lot more sense. Would VoIP phones still require FXO units or would that not require any special telephony hardware? I'm looking to get the book VoIP Telephony with Asterisk anyone have any reviews on this? Thanks! -Puddle --- "m. smadi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if yo

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie setup (Hardware questions)

2004-12-15 Thread m. smadi
if you are going to use SIP phones (either software or hardware) then you won't need FXS. You will need FXO modules to connect you to the PSTN (i.e. to the outside world). FXS is used so you can hook POTS phones to them the PBX (POTS meaning your regular phone the ones you most likely have at

[Asterisk-Users] Newbie setup (Hardware questions)

2004-12-15 Thread Puddle
Hello, I'm trying to setup an Asterix PBX solution in our office. We plan to have 5 active lines open available at any point in time. We'd like to use VoIP Phones, and possibly Software Based phone (*NIX/Windows enviroment). I was researching the various cards and I think I'd want to go with the