[afnog] VoIP

Sunday A Folayan sfolayan at skannet.com.ng
Fri Jul 29 17:52:10 EAT 2005


At 12:27 AM 7/29/2005, Bill Woodcock wrote:
>     > I am not sure of what he means by "analog or isdn extensions". To me,
>     > seems the task is to trim the fat :-) He can make it simpler by just
>     > replacing the entire chain from the cisco 1760 Voice gateway with a PC
>     > running asterisk, with 2FXO cards.  Asterisk supports the cisco skinny
>     > protocol. Apart from the cost of the PC, the FXO cards cost $15 a 
> piece.
>
>Yes, I agree that would be a far more efficient solution, and would give
>better services and reliability for less money.  I assume, however, that
>he's already got the Cisco gear, and probably someone telling him to use
>it rather than junk it, at least in the near term.  But yes, you're
>absolutely right, and that's what I would do if it were my money at stake.

Usually, a technique that seems to work well, especially if one works in a 
BOFH situation, is to leave all the existing hardware on the rack, with the 
lights on, and just interchange the Ethernet cables at the back of the 
equipment.

Sunday. 




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