[TriLUG] asterisk question

[Neil L. Little]

on the cheap side I believe there is a solution using a Linksys NSLU2 
and asterisk.
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+Linksys+NSLU2
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
I believe it is a popular application with the "Slug" crowd

For about $1k you can get a pre-installed Asterisk voip pbx at "the voip 
connection"
http://www.thevoipconnection.com/store/catalog/

They call it a VS-1. You upgrade by swapping out a CF card.
Setup is performed by pointing a browser to the pbx and making changes 
using html pages .
We took a look at this at the work place about a year ago.
The cost includes about 10 hours of support for setup.

Of course if money is no object then try the cisco solution (about $10-15K).

73,
Neil,WA4AZL
JARS Forever!!
www.jars.net

Greg Brown wrote:
> I want to install an Asterisk system for about 10 computers.  I'd like to
> restrict the phones to dialing either 911 or a property manager.  I assume
> this is possible.  Is it?
>
> There will be a single POTS line in this configuration and that POTS line be
> used for the DSL connection.  Could I set up some kind of system that would
> uset the POTS line first and the upstream VoIP provider second if the POTS
> line were already used?  What hardware woudl be required for this?  Are
> there any embeddded systems that could do this?
>
> Why am so I smitten with embedded systems?  No fans.  No moving parts.
> Because the phones will be restricted to only 911 and the property manager
> and there will be no incoming calls is it possible to somehow recored all
> outgoing calls in case there are any future legal concerns involving these
> calls?
>
> I'm really scratching my head here.  Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Greg
>