[Freeswitch-users] Basic information and help needed

[Abilash Praveen]

Mark,

Thanks so much.. this now gives me an idea to start with something.

Kind regards,
Abilash

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Mark Crane <mctch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> "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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