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Re: [LUG] Asterisk

 

Ok, just checking I have this all correct now,

To connect Asterisk to POTS I'll need a card with an FXO module.

If the only phones I'm connecting are something like the Grandstream
Budgetones and not analogue phones,  I won't need a FXS module ?

Steph


Gordon Henderson wrote:
>
> Thinking about this: I have a reseller account with voipon so get a
> few quid off the list price - if 2 or 3 people want one, let me know
> and I'll order some up and sell them onto you a bit cheaper...
>
> These cards can take 4 modules - and there are 2 types of modules. FXO
> and FXS - one connects to a BT wall socket, the other connects to a
> standard analogue phone - which might be an alternative to using an
> ATA to connect up exiting home phones - eg. DECT phones, etc. I have a
> refurbished BT 746 connected to one at home.. (a rotary dial phone in
> red. Keeps wifey happy, sitting next to the lava lamp in the 70's
> corner of the livingroom :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gordon


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