[TriLUG] asterisk meeting last saturday

William Schulz sws at trilug.org
Mon Jun 21 16:03:45 EDT 2004


On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 01:11:40PM -0400, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 21:05 -0400, William Schulz wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 08:39:29PM -0400, John Turner wrote:
> > > Okay I guess I didn't asked the right question. My current PBX supports 
> > > normal analog phones. What I want to know is when I switch to using 
> > > "Asterisk" can I still use normal phones and my normal ma bell line or 
> > > does everything have to go VOIP?
> > 
> > No, with the proper hardware, you can mix and match analog/ma bell lines
> > with VoIP trunks, etc.  All of that is controlled by your dialplan.
> 
> Hmmm, I'm intrigued now.  At home we've got a Panasonic TA-624 with
> three lines (one of which carries our DSL connection), and a bunch of
> extensions (both Proprietary and POTS). How does the VOIP hardware fit
> in. Does it look like a CO line or an extension to the PBX (or either or
> both?)

Are you going to try to integrate Asterisk with your current PBX?  Or
replace it?

S



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