Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-27 Thread Yahya Mohammad
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:30:52PM -0400, Simon wrote: > hi there, > i'm looking for suggestions and guidance. I have a vps host with > gentoo on it, i dont think the vps is stable enough to ensure a good > quality of service, but it could just need an upgrade, no big deal. I > need a phone and

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-25 Thread kyle . bader
of fxo/fxs, they are simple removable modules. Don't waste your time with a x100p card, they suck and will be more of a waste of time then they are worth. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Simon Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:14:56 To: Subject: Re: [gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-25 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simon wrote: >> You seem to want to know the difference, FXO vs FXS. If I got this wrong, >> just >> delete it. FXS is meant to interface to a telephone set, so it gives talk >> battery and (as needed) ringing current. FXO is meant to interface to

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-25 Thread Simon
> You seem to want to know the difference, FXO vs FXS.  If I got this wrong, > just > delete it.  FXS is meant to interface to a telephone set, so it gives talk > battery and (as needed) ringing current.  FXO is meant to interface to a line > from a telco switch, so it accepts battery (if the circ

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-24 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stroller wrote: > > On 24 Apr 2009, at 19:38, Michael Higgins wrote: > >> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:08:48 +0100 >> Stroller wrote: >> >> [...] >>> If you want Asterisk to answer your conventional POTS phone line >>> then you can use an X100P card which

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-24 Thread Stroller
On 24 Apr 2009, at 19:38, Michael Higgins wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:08:48 +0100 Stroller wrote: [...] If you want Asterisk to answer your conventional POTS phone line then you can use an X100P card which you can buy for c £17. AIUI this is basically a modem based on a certain chipset tha

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-24 Thread Michael Higgins
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:08:48 +0100 Stroller wrote: [...] > If you want Asterisk to answer your conventional POTS phone line > then you can use an X100P card which you can buy for c £17. AIUI this > is basically a modem based on a certain chipset that Digium have > written drivers for. They have

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-23 Thread Stroller
On 23 Apr 2009, at 16:57, Simon wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Stroller ... I've actually got a really expensive (or it was when I bought it!) Cisco phone and an X100 POTS card sitting here, as I've been meaning to get round to implementing Asterisk for about 4 years now! Perhaps t

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-23 Thread kyle . bader
might be woth a look. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Simon Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:05:02 To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] telephony oh! wow, i was on that page, but i followed some of the links and got to a place where you had to register to view the whole co

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-23 Thread Simon
my first voip box.  Here's > that link: > http://www.asteriskdocs.org/ > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -Original Message- > From: John covici > > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:11:18 > To: > Subject: [gentoo-user] telephony > > > Take a look at

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-23 Thread kyle . bader
It is a great book, I used it to help me setup my first voip box. Here's that link: http://www.asteriskdocs.org/ Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: John covici Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:11:18 To: Subject: [gentoo-user] telephony Take a look at a book c

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-23 Thread Simon
Hey Stroller, nice to see a friend in a similar situation as mine! I'm sure that having the hardware already, you probably made a lot of tests in the past... can you share some of your experience? and also, i wonder, why did you let the project down? was it because of lack of motivation (ie ot

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-23 Thread Simon
Well i've had several projects ideas in the past that would have used asterisk in different ways. So, the reason to get it installed for my personal 1-line use is really a first step in understanding asterisk's basics and since I will probably work and tweak it every day for a certain period of ti

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-23 Thread Simon
Hey thanks John, I found some pages of it online (specially the TOC) and it does seem like a very thorough answer to clear the fog in my situation! I'll try to find a place to read the whole content, or a book like this i might actually buy it. Thanks! On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM, John cov

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-22 Thread Stroller
On 22 Apr 2009, at 17:30, Simon wrote: ... I'm thinking on setting up asterisk, but having read about it in the past, i know as soon as i set it up it will take more of my time than my girlfriend ever dreamed of! It seems extremely difficult to setup, specially for a newbie. In addition to Si

Re: [gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-22 Thread Michael Higgins
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:30:52 -0400 Simon wrote: > hi there, > i'm looking for suggestions and guidance. [] I tend to tell folks up front to never listen to me or believe anything I say, so here's my... $.02. > I've looked into several ideas, but the last one that remains a good > 'deal'

[gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-22 Thread John covici
Take a look at a book called "The Future of Telephony" -- its free, but I am not sure where to get it. on Wednesday 04/22/2009 Simon(turne...@gmail.com) wrote > hi there, > i'm looking for suggestions and guidance. I have a vps host with > gentoo on it, i dont think the vps is stable enough

[gentoo-user] telephony

2009-04-22 Thread Simon
hi there, i'm looking for suggestions and guidance. I have a vps host with gentoo on it, i dont think the vps is stable enough to ensure a good quality of service, but it could just need an upgrade, no big deal. I need a phone and the way i decided to go was to get a connection to the internet

Re: [gentoo-user] Telephony software

2006-03-29 Thread Gianluca Gargiulo
thank you for help, but i don't refer to VOIP software, but simple software that drive modem to compose number and use the Audio Card or Audio Modem as Phone 2006/3/29, Christoph Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > somebody knows any telephony software for Linux? > > I do not refer to Skype an

Re: [gentoo-user] Telephony software

2006-03-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> somebody knows any telephony software for Linux? > I do not refer to Skype and likes, but any software that can me to > call a contact using the 56K modem and headphone-microphone. there are many, like linphone, IHU, KPhone, WengoPhone and Ekiga. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org m

[gentoo-user] Telephony software

2006-03-28 Thread Gianluca Gargiulo
Hi, somebody knows any telephony software for Linux? I do not refer to Skype and likes, but any software that can me to call a contact using the 56K modem and headphone-microphone. Thank you! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list