Cheapest, most compact FreeSwitch appliance?
Hello Atcom's IP appliance is nice but it uses a BlackFish CPU, which is not supported by FreeSwitch yet. What FreeSwitch-appliance do you is the cheapest, most compact out there? If possible, I'd rather a device that has room for an SDD or 2.5" HD so as to be able to use a standard *nix distro. Thank you. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cheapest%2C-most-compact-FreeSwitch-appliance--tp24337... Sent from the Freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
I use one of the intel atom boxes at home. /b On Jul 4, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Fred-145 wrote:
What FreeSwitch-appliance do you is the cheapest, most compact out there? If possible, I'd rather a device that has room for an SDD or 2.5" HD so as to be able to use a standard *nix distro.
I use one of the intel atom boxes at home.
A BeagleBoard (http://beagleboard.org/) would make for a decent FreeSWITCH appliance (tiny and only 2 watts). -- Regards, Jay Fenton, CTO <jay.fenton@howlertech.com> Howler Technologies Ltd, 11 Charlotte Mews, London, W1T 4EQ tel: +44 207 099 7095 fax: +44 207 099 7098 http://www.howlertech.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jfenton Registered in England & Wales, Company No. 06285634
The problem is what case options do you have for such a device? /b On Jul 4, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Jay Fenton wrote:
I use one of the intel atom boxes at home.
A BeagleBoard (http://beagleboard.org/) would make for a decent FreeSWITCH appliance (tiny and only 2 watts).
-- Regards,
Jay Fenton, CTO <jay.fenton@howlertech.com> Howler Technologies Ltd, 11 Charlotte Mews, London, W1T 4EQ tel: +44 207 099 7095 fax: +44 207 099 7098 http://www.howlertech.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jfenton
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The problem is what case options do you have for such a device?
https://specialcomp.com/beagleboard/order.htm If you look on there there's a clear acrylic case for the BeagleBoard - I haven't seen any others available. -- Regards, Jay Fenton, CTO <jay.fenton@howlertech.com> Howler Technologies Ltd, 11 Charlotte Mews, London, W1T 4EQ tel: +44 207 099 7095 fax: +44 207 099 7098 http://www.howlertech.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jfenton Registered in England & Wales, Company No. 06285634
jfenton wrote:
If you look on there there's a clear acrylic case for the BeagleBoard - I haven't seen any others available.
That's often the problem with appliances: Once the CPU/modo, RAM, SDD/HD, PSU, case, and a PCI FXO board are computed, we end up with something as expensive as a regular PC. Is acrylic easy to work with, eg. using a Dremel? If it is, I could save money on the case, and stick a PCI card beneath the mobo and have a stand-alone, compact thingy while still using a standard Linux distro. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cheapest%2C-most-compact-FreeSwitch-appliance--tp24337... Sent from the Freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Back in April I posted these links on the list, in regards to a similar question http://www.logicsupply.com/products/dex4501 http://www.logicsupply.com/products/de945_fl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumstix http://www.cheaprouter.us http://www.avm.de/en/Produkte/FRITZBox/FRITZ_Box_Fon_WLAN_7270/index.php http://www.plugcomputer.org/ http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=83701#p83701 http://www.pikatechnologies.com/ http://www.pikatechnologies.com/english/View.asp?x=608 http://fit-pc2.com http://www.cappuccinopc.com/solutions/fanless.asp http://www.wdlsystems.com/ebox/ebox.shtml http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2016997232.html -E http://Gpro.ws http://WatchNtweet.Me (Watch and Chat/Tweet) SocialTV http://TwebEX.com (Twitter Based Online Web Conference Platform) http://DatR.Ws (Cloud Computing Media Sharing, Access and Publish)
EdPimentl wrote:
Back in April I posted these links on the list, in regards to a similar question
Thanks Ed, but the problem with all those, is: - they typically have so little RAM/Flash RAM that they can't run a regular Linux distro, which means that we're stuck with whatever software is available with the customized distro for the appliance - they don't have room for a PCI card, which means that we have to have an external VoIP gateway to connect the appliance to the POTS - they're as expensive or more expensive than a regular PC At this point, there doesn't seem to be any appliance that can run FreeSwitch and handle a POTS line in a compact, sub-$200 price-range. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cheapest%2C-most-compact-FreeSwitch-appliance--tp24337... Sent from the Freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On Monday 06 July 2009, Fred-145 wrote:
EdPimentl wrote:
Back in April I posted these links on the list, in regards to a similar question
Thanks Ed, but the problem with all those, is: - they typically have so little RAM/Flash RAM that they can't run a regular Linux distro, which means that we're stuck with whatever software is available with the customized distro for the appliance - they don't have room for a PCI card, which means that we have to have an external VoIP gateway to connect the appliance to the POTS - they're as expensive or more expensive than a regular PC
At this point, there doesn't seem to be any appliance that can run FreeSwitch and handle a POTS line in a compact, sub-$200 price-range.
I though that I had read somewhere about someone using the Marvel ShevaPlug and a 2 line USB POTS adapter. That should be under $200. David
I have FreeSwitch running on a $50 Linksys NSLU2 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 6, 2009, at 5:23 AM, David Goodenough <david.goodenough@linkchoose.co.uk
wrote:
On Monday 06 July 2009, Fred-145 wrote:
EdPimentl wrote:
Back in April I posted these links on the list, in regards to a similar question
Thanks Ed, but the problem with all those, is: - they typically have so little RAM/Flash RAM that they can't run a regular Linux distro, which means that we're stuck with whatever software is available with the customized distro for the appliance - they don't have room for a PCI card, which means that we have to have an external VoIP gateway to connect the appliance to the POTS - they're as expensive or more expensive than a regular PC
At this point, there doesn't seem to be any appliance that can run FreeSwitch and handle a POTS line in a compact, sub-$200 price- range.
I though that I had read somewhere about someone using the Marvel ShevaPlug and a 2 line USB POTS adapter. That should be under $200.
David
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I'm about to order one of these eBox systems: http://www.wdlsystems.com/modperl/view_services.cgi?r=detail&prod_num=1EBX33... They sell for under $200, have decent specs and some models come with a mini-PCI slot, which can be used to attach a POTS card. Regards, Raul On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 18:22 -0700, Fred-145 wrote:
EdPimentl wrote:
Back in April I posted these links on the list, in regards to a similar question
Thanks Ed, but the problem with all those, is: - they typically have so little RAM/Flash RAM that they can't run a regular Linux distro, which means that we're stuck with whatever software is available with the customized distro for the appliance - they don't have room for a PCI card, which means that we have to have an external VoIP gateway to connect the appliance to the POTS - they're as expensive or more expensive than a regular PC
At this point, there doesn't seem to be any appliance that can run FreeSwitch and handle a POTS line in a compact, sub-$200 price-range.
I'll take two please! ;) /b On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Raul Fragoso wrote:
I'm about to order one of these eBox systems: http://www.wdlsystems.com/modperl/view_services.cgi?r=detail&prod_num=1EBX33...
They sell for under $200, have decent specs and some models come with a mini-PCI slot, which can be used to attach a POTS card.
Regards,
Raul
On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 18:22 -0700, Fred-145 wrote:
EdPimentl wrote:
Back in April I posted these links on the list, in regards to a similar question
Thanks Ed, but the problem with all those, is: - they typically have so little RAM/Flash RAM that they can't run a regular Linux distro, which means that we're stuck with whatever software is available with the customized distro for the appliance - they don't have room for a PCI card, which means that we have to have an external VoIP gateway to connect the appliance to the POTS - they're as expensive or more expensive than a regular PC
At this point, there doesn't seem to be any appliance that can run FreeSwitch and handle a POTS line in a compact, sub-$200 price- range.
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Does the mini-pci slot have external access to route the POTS cable? 2009/7/8 Raul Fragoso <raul@etellicom.com>:
I'm about to order one of these eBox systems: http://www.wdlsystems.com/modperl/view_services.cgi?r=detail&prod_num=1EBX33...
They sell for under $200, have decent specs and some models come with a mini-PCI slot, which can be used to attach a POTS card.
Regards,
Raul -- Craig Askings
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On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 15:18 -0500, Brian West wrote:
I use one of the intel atom boxes at home.
These guys have a case/PCI-riser for an Intel Atom board which would make a nice little appliance. http://www.mini-box.com/I-O-shield-and-riser-card-for-D945GSEJT hads -- http://nicegear.co.nz New Zealand's Open Source Hardware Supplier
I'll take two of those too! :) /b On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Hadley Rich wrote:
On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 15:18 -0500, Brian West wrote:
I use one of the intel atom boxes at home.
These guys have a case/PCI-riser for an Intel Atom board which would make a nice little appliance.
http://www.mini-box.com/I-O-shield-and-riser-card-for-D945GSEJT
hads -- http://nicegear.co.nz New Zealand's Open Source Hardware Supplier
http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheev... That would work better. /b On Jul 4, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Fred-145 wrote:
Hello
Atcom's IP appliance is nice but it uses a BlackFish CPU, which is not supported by FreeSwitch yet.
What FreeSwitch-appliance do you is the cheapest, most compact out there? If possible, I'd rather a device that has room for an SDD or 2.5" HD so as to be able to use a standard *nix distro.
Thank you. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cheapest%2C-most-compact-FreeSwitch-appliance--tp24337... Sent from the Freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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Ya I have a SheevaPlug but yet to have anything interesting to report about making it do anything. The potential is there tho. -- W
we have a forum on compact,fanless last may. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 6:21 AM, William Suffill <william.suffill@gmail.com>wrote:
Ya I have a SheevaPlug but yet to have anything interesting to report about making it do anything. The potential is there tho.
-- W
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Brian West
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Craig Askings
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David Goodenough
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EdPimentl
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Fred-145
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Hadley Rich
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Jason Garland
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Jay Fenton
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Nandy Dagondon
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Raul Fragoso
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William Suffill