<div dir="ltr">There are many gateways that work with FreeSWITCH, from simple consumer-grade ones to bigger business-class, rack-mounted devices.<div><br></div><div>I've personally worked with Cisco SPA devices, Sangoma VegaStream (not a fan of those, YMMV), Audiocodes, and Patton devices. You might want to check out the specific feedback people have given here:</div><div><a href="https://freeswitch.org/confluence/display/FREESWITCH/Gateways">https://freeswitch.org/confluence/display/FREESWITCH/Gateways</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you have a specific device or a specific scenario I'm sure the folks here who have experience would be willing to share their thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>-MSC</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Shawn Wheeler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Shawn.Wheeler@interlockconcepts.com" target="_blank">Shawn.Wheeler@interlockconcepts.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Jerris<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 15, 2016 10:37 AM</span></p><div><div class="h5"><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Freeswitch-users] FXO and FXS Devices<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">sure, just make sure the device interops successfully with your solution.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 15, 2016, at 12:07 PM, Shawn Wheeler <<a href="mailto:Shawn.Wheeler@interlockconcepts.com" target="_blank">Shawn.Wheeler@interlockconcepts.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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[<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org</a>]<span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Ken Rice<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Friday, April 15, 2016 8:30 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [Freeswitch-users] FXO and FXS Devices</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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the hardware gateways immediate send calls over to the secondary server.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Bob Hartwig<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Friday, April 15, 2016 10:20 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [Freeswitch-users] FXO and FXS Devices</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey Ken, why the recommendation to use an external gateway instead of FreeTDM / Sangoma / Dahdi-compatible boards?<u></u><u></u></p>
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