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Hi,all

I'm now using linksys3100 ATA,however to get VOIP function, can use
ATA with Asterisk or Asterisk PCI card; and I never try
Digium Card. Could some give ideas on how to select from these two?
Thanks.

[email]yolandaJoe@gmail.com[/email] presented the following explanation :[color=blue]
> Hi,all
>
> I'm now using linksys3100 ATA,however to get VOIP function, can use
> ATA with Asterisk or Asterisk PCI card; and I never try
> Digium Card. Could some give ideas on how to select from these two?
> Thanks.[/color]

The SPA3102 is just as good as the X100P at interfacing Asterisk with
the PSTN, if not better.

The SPA has advantages over the X100P -

it provides you with a SIP extension whilst independantly providing
other extensions/Astersik with a connection to the PSTN.

SIP Trunks seem much easier to get up & running than ZAP trunks.

The SPA can be configured to allow you to dial in remotely & give you
PSTN or VOIP dial tone. (I know Asterisk can too)

On 8 28 , 2 41 , Jono <notha...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:[color=blue]
> yolanda...@gmail.com presented the following explanation :
>[color=green]
> > Hi,all[/color]
>[color=green]
> > I'm now using linksys3100 ATA,however to get VOIP function, can use
> > ATA with Asterisk or Asterisk PCI card; and I never try
> > Digium Card. Could some give ideas on how to select from these two?
> > Thanks.[/color]
>
> The SPA3102 is just as good as the X100P at interfacing Asterisk with
> the PSTN, if not better.
>
> The SPA has advantages over the X100P -
>
> it provides you with a SIP extension whilst independantly providing
> other extensions/Astersik with a connection to the PSTN.
>
> SIP Trunks seem much easier to get up & running than ZAP trunks.
>
> The SPA can be configured to allow you to dial in remotely & give you
> PSTN or VOIP dial tone. (I know Asterisk can too)[/color]

Thank you so much Jono. I've got many ideas from you,
but i do think Asterisk is poweful ,
and its founctions may be more?

[email]yolandaJoe@gmail.com[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,all
>
> I'm now using linksys3100 ATA,however to get VOIP function, can use
> ATA with Asterisk or Asterisk PCI card; and I never try
> Digium Card. Could some give ideas on how to select from these two?
> Thanks.
>[/color]

If you are just playing around at home and learning Asterisk then X100P
clone card should be fine and they are very cheap ebay.

But if you intend on building a PBX that will be used in production then
either an SPA3102 or proper Digium TDM card is a must. The audio
quality and reliability of the x100p card is no good for an in-use
system and your customers wont like you!

cheers,
Paul.

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Paul Hayes expressed precisely :[color=blue]
> [email]yolandaJoe@gmail.com[/email] wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi,all
>>
>> I'm now using linksys3100 ATA,however to get VOIP function, can use
>> ATA with Asterisk or Asterisk PCI card; and I never try
>> Digium Card. Could some give ideas on how to select from these two?
>> Thanks.
>>[/color]
>
> If you are just playing around at home and learning Asterisk then X100P
> clone card should be fine and they are very cheap ebay.
>
> But if you intend on building a PBX that will be used in production then
> either an SPA3102 or proper Digium TDM card is a must. The audio
> quality and reliability of the x100p card is no good for an in-use
> system and your customers wont like you!
>
> cheers,
> Paul.[/color]

I've just discovered an X100P clone in a PC in a cupboard. Have now
connected my door phone to it & am pleasantly surprised at how good the
quality is. I've even got a DDI for my door now! And, my mobile also
rings when someone presses my doorbell :-)

All I need to work out now, is how to make asterisk send a flash hook
to my door phone, so that I can unlock the door.

On 8 28 , 1 51 , yolanda...@gmail.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,all
>
> I'm now using linksys3100 ATA,however to get VOIP function, can use
> ATA with Asterisk or Asterisk PCI card; and I never try
> Digium Card. Could some give ideas on how to select from these two?
> Thanks.[/color]

Digium card can surely support all the Asreisk related service,
whereas an ATA is not as so.

[email]yaoren51@gmail.com[/email] wrote:
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> Digium card can surely support all the Asreisk related service,
> whereas an ATA is not as so.[/color]

Whether or not the X100P is supported by Asterisk is not in question. The
problem is, getting the X100P to work with UK CallerID and line impedances.
Given the horror stories I've heard, I'd be more likely to spend the extra
money on a SIP-PSTN gateway.

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