Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-25 Thread --[ UxBoD ]--
Personally I did look at building a firewall, but in the end left it to the big boys and have gone Cisco throughout the house. So Cisco router, firewall (ASA5505) and access point. Regards, -- --[ UxBoD ]-- // PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg --import" // Fingerprint:

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-25 Thread Alan Lord
Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Al, > What did you finally settle on as a firewall for this project? > jlc > Ahhh - good question; I was waiting for someone to ask... I haven't. I only really needed a content filter for the younger members of my family. When I upgraded "the boys'" computer to Edubun

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>You can read more on my blog (in my sig below) by clicking on the >Asterisk tag for example. > >Cheers > >Al Al, What did you finally settle on as a firewall for this project? jlc ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-25 Thread --[ UxBoD ]--
Can anybody recommend a Compact Flash reader/writer that works okay under Linux for creating the boot image ? Sandisk ImageMate looks pretty good and is a good price. Anybody using one of these ? Regards, -- --[ UxBoD ]-- // PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg --import"

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-25 Thread Alan Lord
--[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: > From what people have said Asterisk does not require a huge amount of memory > or CPU then ? I only have a couple of extensions. Running the G729 codec and > will look at the Octava software for the PSTN to reduce echo. > > Regards, > It doesn't seem so to me. For a hom

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-24 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: > Reason for the G729 is that I have a couple of numbers which come in > directly over IAX. Switched office numbers away from BT onto VoIP to > reduce cost :) Don't use g729 unless you really need it. Even on an old ADSL-1 connection in the UK (256Kbp

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-24 Thread --[ UxBoD ]--
Reason for the G729 is that I have a couple of numbers which come in directly over IAX. Switched office numbers away from BT onto VoIP to reduce cost :) Regards, -- --[ UxBoD ]-- // PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg --import" // Fingerprint: F57A 0CBD DD19 79E9 1FCC A61

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-24 Thread Michael Graves
For a couple of years I used a Soekris Net4801 as an Astlinux host. It features a 266 MHz Geode CPU. That system was able to sucessfully transcode only two G.729 encoded calls at a time. Since moving to the 1 GHz host I've not bothered to try and overtax the transcode capability as it does as much

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-24 Thread --[ UxBoD ]--
>From what people have said Asterisk does not require a huge amount of memory >or CPU then ? I only have a couple of extensions. Running the G729 codec and >will look at the Octava software for the PSTN to reduce echo. Regards, -- --[ UxBoD ]-- // PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxb

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-24 Thread --[ UxBoD ]--
In the UK these look very nice :) going to get a dark grey/black mini one http://www.orionuk.biz/default.asp?productDetails=3 Regards, -- --[ UxBoD ]-- // PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg --import" // Fingerprint: F57A 0CBD DD19 79E9 1FCC A612 CB36 D89D 2C5A 3A84 // Key

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-24 Thread Michael Graves
Just about anything bootable will serve you well enough. My home office is presently running of an HP T5700 thin client (1 GHz transmeta CPU, 256 MB RAM, 256 MB Flash DOM) running Astlinux. Cheap, diskless, fanless, silent, cool, reliable. Almost perfect IMHO. It's connected to a snom m3 system, 6

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-24 Thread Andrew Latham
Better solution for Comms Cabinet. http://www.hoffmanonline.com/product_catalog/product_detail.aspx?cat_1=34&cat_2=2410&cat_3=42359&catID=42359&itemID=3599 On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:38 PM, --[ UxBoD ]-- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gordon, > > I have decided to ditch using Xen for Asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-24 Thread --[ UxBoD ]--
Gordon, I have decided to ditch using Xen for Asterisk and build a separate server. It will be used in the home office and this rack case looks great as I am going to get a small comms cabinet. We will be using a TDM400P to bring PSTN to the server, plus we have a few SNOM M3 phones around th

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-23 Thread Dean Collins
] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ? Olivier wrote: > Hi, > > Though this is a bit off-topic on this list, I think this might > interest those looking to build Asterisk appliances out of mini-ITX > boards such as http://www.pcengines.ch/alix1c.htm. If you're in

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-23 Thread Rob Hillis
Olivier wrote: > Hi, > > Though this is a bit off-topic on this list, I think this might > interest those looking to build Asterisk appliances out of mini-ITX > boards such as http://www.pcengines.ch/alix1c.htm. If you're interested in the ALIX type boards, there is a reseller in Australia that

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-23 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, Olivier wrote: > Hi, > > Though this is a bit off-topic on this list, I think this might interest > those looking to build Asterisk appliances out of mini-ITX boards such as > http://www.pcengines.ch/alix1c.htm. > > As Intel's Atom is becoming available on a large scale, I'm f

[asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

2008-08-23 Thread Olivier
Hi, Though this is a bit off-topic on this list, I think this might interest those looking to build Asterisk appliances out of mini-ITX boards such as http://www.pcengines.ch/alix1c.htm. As Intel's Atom is becoming available on a large scale, I'm feeling rackable mini-ITX cases with PCI/PCIe expa