Good cordless phone. Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 3, 2022, at 6:09 PM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote: > > > Don't touch this. It'll be a support disaster and waste of your time. Have > them contact the telco to run a new cable on the outside or bury it to that > restaurant. Whatever doesn't involve you. > > > >> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022, 1:00 PM Daniel White <dwh...@atheral.com> wrote: >> I've not personally done this, but I'd be a Grandstream HT801 for the FXS >> port and a Grandstream HT813 for the FXO port would work. >> >> This document outlines the config - >> https://www.grandstream.com/hubfs/Product_Documentation/Peering_HT8XX_with_HT813.pdf?hsLang=en >> >> >> Daniel White >> Co-Founder >> phone: +1 (702) 470-2770 >> direct: +1 (702) 470-2766 >>> Chuck McCown via AF March 3, 2022 at 11:06 >>> I have done it with FXS to FXO ATAs. >>> >>> From: dmmoff...@gmail.com >>> Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2022 10:55 AM >>> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? >>> >>> Yeah. The Linksys/Sipura SPA equipment could do that. You’d get a device >>> with the FXO port on one end (I think SPA3000) and then an ATA at the other >>> end. >>> >>> I don’t think that feature set survived the transition to Cisco…..I’m >>> afraid I don’t know the modern equivalent. >>> >>> >>> >>> Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution for a >>> gift shop. >>> >>> >>> >>> Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a >>> little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. That >>> might be cheap enough, but this may not be practical for everyone. I’m >>> pretty certain it would work, it would just burn a lot of your time. >>> >>> >>> >>> I’d hope somebody here knows the current good/cheap option, but I’m afraid >>> I don’t. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Craig Baird >>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2022 12:48 PM >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> Subject: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? >>> >>> >>> >>> Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, >>> convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a >>> normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? >>> >>> >>> >>> Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a restaurant >>> in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they have a POTS >>> line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of the gift >>> shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into the >>> restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid of >>> the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. >>> Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there >>> isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a >>> bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an >>> ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively >>> easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. >>> >>> >>> >>> So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs into >>> Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also >>> plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each >>> other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where >>> it needs to be. >>> >>> >>> >>> Do such devices exist? >>> >>> >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> dmmoff...@gmail.com March 3, 2022 at 10:55 >>> Yeah. The Linksys/Sipura SPA equipment could do that. You’d get a device >>> with the FXO port on one end (I think SPA3000) and then an ATA at the other >>> end. >>> >>> I don’t think that feature set survived the transition to Cisco…..I’m >>> afraid I don’t know the modern equivalent. >>> >>> >>> >>> Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution for a >>> gift shop. >>> >>> >>> >>> Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a >>> little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. That >>> might be cheap enough, but this may not be practical for everyone. I’m >>> pretty certain it would work, it would just burn a lot of your time. >>> >>> >>> >>> I’d hope somebody here knows the current good/cheap option, but I’m afraid >>> I don’t. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Craig Baird >>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2022 12:48 PM >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> Subject: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network? >>> >>> >>> >>> Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, >>> convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a >>> normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? >>> >>> >>> >>> Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a restaurant >>> in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they have a POTS >>> line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of the gift >>> shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into the >>> restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid of >>> the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. >>> Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there >>> isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a >>> bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an >>> ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively >>> easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. >>> >>> >>> >>> So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs into >>> Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also >>> plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each >>> other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where >>> it needs to be. >>> >>> >>> >>> Do such devices exist? >>> >>> >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Craig Baird March 3, 2022 at 10:47 >>> Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, >>> convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a >>> normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? >>> >>> Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a restaurant >>> in a separate building behind the gift shop. Currently, they have a POTS >>> line that is strung from the demarc, and across the ceiling of the gift >>> shop. At the rear, it exits the gift shop and makes its way into the >>> restaurant where it eventually plugs into a phone. They want to get rid of >>> the wire that runs across the ceiling because it looks crazy stupid. >>> Unfortunately, there's a reason the wire was originally run that way--there >>> isn't really another way to get it to the restaurant without tearing a >>> bunch of stuff apart (lack of attic and crawlspace). However, I do have an >>> ethernet network in place between the two buildings, and can relatively >>> easily get a wire from the demarc to a network switch. >>> >>> So, what I'm envisioning is a pair of boxes. One of the boxes plugs into >>> Ethernet has an FXS port to plug in the POTS line. The other box, also >>> plugs into Ethernet and has an FXO port to plug in the phone. They see each >>> other over the IP network, and magically transport the POTS line to where >>> it needs to be. >>> >>> Do such devices exist? >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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