[Freeswitch-users] Basic information and help needed

[Mark Crane]

"How can i input the telephone line (from my provider)
into the server?"

To do this you need an FXO. Most FXO's are cards you
can get there are several companies that make them. I
recommend Sangoma. Linksys has an external FXO not
likely as good of sound quality as the Sangoma.
However, Later this week I'm going to test a Linksys
spa3102 with Freeswitch to see how it works.

"Is it also possible to use ordinary phones across LAN
instead of SIP phones"

Yes you can use ordinary phones if you use an adapter
FXS (s for station). A common FXS is the Linksys PAP2T
which will convert SIP to an standard line that any
standard phone can use.

Best Regards,
Mark

--- Abilash Praveen <contactme at abilashpraveen.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to freeswitch and VoIP on the whole. I'm
> trying to deploy Freeswitch
> for a LAN. My current senerio is this:
> 
> I have a CentOS linux server set up and have about 5
> PCs on the LAN. The
> Linux box is the gateway to the PCs. I want to set
> up Freeswitch and have
> phones on all the computers. I want to use
> Freeswitch as a softPBAX to route
> calls to all the five persons and also to be able to
> call the five persons
> internally.
> 
> Eg, if someone calls our office number, it should be
> picked up by person 1.
> He will then forward the calls to any of the 5
> persons in the LAN.
> 
> Where do I start? I have moderate knowledge in Linux
> and PHP so should be
> able to work with Freeswitch. But my question is how
> can i input the
> telephone line (from my provider) into the server?
> Is it also possible to
> use ordinary phones  across LAN instead of SIP
> phones (I assume it is
> software phones that will use the server's IP to get
> hooked in).
> 
> I'm sorry if my questions sound too foolish, but
> since I'm totally new to
> VoIP I'm having problems to kick start.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Abilash Praveen
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