Newbie´s question about FreeSwitch...
Hi, My name is Francisco from México. Here, in my work we have a very very old panasonic PBX(12 years old). We are growing and we need to increase our external lines(from 3 to 4) and our internal lines(from 6 to 10). Besides we need voice mail and voice menu too. We asked for a quote to our panasonic dealer. The whole thing cost about 4,500 dollars. My boss just saw a thing called FreeSwitch this morning looking for options in Google. He asked my to investigate what this thing called FreeSwitch is and if we could save some money using it instead of the panasonic solution. So, here I am. I have some experience as linux sysadmin(we have 1 oracle linux server and 1 linux print server) nevertheless I don´t have any idea where and how to start this evaluation? Please Would you give us a clue where to see If FreeSwitch could work for us? Thanks for your kind help.
Join us on irc (irc.freenode.net , #freeswitch) and we'll help you. In the meantime, check wiki.freeswitch.org. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Francisco Javier Cintrón Olguín < fcintrono@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, My name is Francisco from México.
Here, in my work we have a very very old panasonic PBX(12 years old). We are growing and we need to increase our external lines(from 3 to 4) and our internal lines(from 6 to 10). Besides we need voice mail and voice menu too.
We asked for a quote to our panasonic dealer. The whole thing cost about 4,500 dollars.
My boss just saw a thing called FreeSwitch this morning looking for options in Google. He asked my to investigate what this thing called FreeSwitch is and if we could save some money using it instead of the panasonic solution. So, here I am.
I have some experience as linux sysadmin(we have 1 oracle linux server and 1 linux print server) nevertheless I don´t have any idea where and how to start this evaluation?
Please Would you give us a clue where to see If FreeSwitch could work for us?
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Start here http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Main_Page http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Specsheet https://www.packtpub.com/freeswitch-1-0-6-build-robust-high-performance-tele... http://www.cudatel.com/ (commercial ) Sincerely, -E vCardCloud.com On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Francisco Javier Cintrón Olguín < fcintrono@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, My name is Francisco from México.
Here, in my work we have a very very old panasonic PBX(12 years old). We are growing and we need to increase our external lines(from 3 to 4) and our internal lines(from 6 to 10). Besides we need voice mail and voice menu too.
We asked for a quote to our panasonic dealer. The whole thing cost about 4,500 dollars.
My boss just saw a thing called FreeSwitch this morning looking for options in Google. He asked my to investigate what this thing called FreeSwitch is and if we could save some money using it instead of the panasonic solution. So, here I am.
I have some experience as linux sysadmin(we have 1 oracle linux server and 1 linux print server) nevertheless I don´t have any idea where and how to start this evaluation?
Please Would you give us a clue where to see If FreeSwitch could work for us?
Thanks for your kind help. _______________________________________________ FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Bienvenido a FreeSWITCH! Yes, there are lots of things you can do. You probably need to consider a GUI front-end to your FreeSWITCH unless you have experience (or time to learn) how to configure and maintain FreeSWITCH.
From my experience, you can probably save some money, but migrating from an old analog PBX to a new VoIP system will still cost some money. Your old phones won't be useful on the new system without buying ATA's. You are better off buying Polycom IP550 or Cisco SPA504G phones. You will also need a server on which to run your VoIP system, possibly some network cabling in your office, and most likely some professional assistance with getting everything set up. So, FreeSWITCH itself is *gratis*, but there is still an investment in everything else. That said, I'm sure you can get everything you need for well under $4500.
-MC On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Francisco Javier Cintrón Olguín < fcintrono@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, My name is Francisco from México.
Here, in my work we have a very very old panasonic PBX(12 years old). We are growing and we need to increase our external lines(from 3 to 4) and our internal lines(from 6 to 10). Besides we need voice mail and voice menu too.
We asked for a quote to our panasonic dealer. The whole thing cost about 4,500 dollars.
My boss just saw a thing called FreeSwitch this morning looking for options in Google. He asked my to investigate what this thing called FreeSwitch is and if we could save some money using it instead of the panasonic solution. So, here I am.
I have some experience as linux sysadmin(we have 1 oracle linux server and 1 linux print server) nevertheless I don´t have any idea where and how to start this evaluation?
Please Would you give us a clue where to see If FreeSwitch could work for us?
Thanks for your kind help. _______________________________________________ FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
For your usage, it is possible to use your existing server to host freeswitch. My usage is pretty low, i.e. average of two lines usage, and my Seagate DockStar (used as a host to my freeswitch) only shows a usage of less than 10% of CPU resources. Assuming your usage is what you said and your existing server load is no more than 50%, all the expenses you will incur is probably to buy additional two ATA devices where each will have two FXS ports, i.e. Linksys/Cisco PAP2T (beware of a counterfeit PAP2T sold on e-bay), the new Obi products, etc. Personally, my preference is the Obi 110 which comes with 1 FXO and 1 FXS port. The FXO port can be connected directly to your existing PBX system as an extension. This device also supports XMPP to use with Google Voice and is sold @US$49.99/each (MSRP price). Do a Google search to find out more information on this product. ----- FreeSWITCH hosted on a Seagate DockStar with OpenWRT. -- View this message in context: http://freeswitch-users.2379917.n2.nabble.com/Newbie-s-question-about-FreeSw... Sent from the freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
mazilo: have you tried to install FS on Debian of your DockStar? my FS (1.0.7 or latest source) always crashed right after start. I installed your openwrt/FS image, it worked. but FS is 1.0.6, thanks On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:32 AM, mazilo <Nabble@slickdeals.endjunk.com>wrote:
For your usage, it is possible to use your existing server to host freeswitch. My usage is pretty low, i.e. average of two lines usage, and my Seagate DockStar (used as a host to my freeswitch) only shows a usage of less than 10% of CPU resources. Assuming your usage is what you said and your existing server load is no more than 50%, all the expenses you will incur is probably to buy additional two ATA devices where each will have two FXS ports, i.e. Linksys/Cisco PAP2T (beware of a counterfeit PAP2T sold on e-bay), the new Obi products, etc. Personally, my preference is the Obi 110 which comes with 1 FXO and 1 FXS port. The FXO port can be connected directly to your existing PBX system as an extension. This device also supports XMPP to use with Google Voice and is sold @US$49.99/each (MSRP price). Do a Google search to find out more information on this product.
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jesse zhao wrote:
mazilo:
have you tried to install FS on Debian of your DockStar? my FS (1.0.7 or latest source) always crashed right after start.
Please read this http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25389970- post and ignore my posts after that one. It has something to do with the GCC word alignment for ARM platform. I hope this will fix the problem you are experiencing. ----- FreeSWITCH hosted on a Seagate DockStar with OpenWRT. -- View this message in context: http://freeswitch-users.2379917.n2.nabble.com/Newbie-s-question-about-FreeSw... Sent from the freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
no. the trick didn't work. it crashed right after FS was restarted on Debian. btw, the current openwrt trunk has FS 1.0.6, I downloaded 1.0.78 source code and made symbol link to the new src from feeds/packages. but openwrt still built old 1.0.6. is there a way to enforce openwrt build system pick up the new code base? thanks! On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:34 PM, mazilo <Nabble@slickdeals.endjunk.com>wrote:
jesse zhao wrote:
mazilo:
have you tried to install FS on Debian of your DockStar? my FS (1.0.7 or latest source) always crashed right after start.
Please read this http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25389970- post and ignore my posts after that one. It has something to do with the GCC word alignment for ARM platform. I hope this will fix the problem you are experiencing.
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jesse zhao wrote:
btw, the current openwrt trunk has FS 1.0.6, I downloaded 1.0.78 source code and made symbol link to the new src from feeds/packages. but openwrt still built old 1.0.6. is there a way to enforce openwrt build system pick up the new code base? For OpenWRT, you are better off heading to OpenWRT http://forum.openwrt.org Forum or #openwrt (IRC) to ask such a question.
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EdPimentl
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Francisco Javier Cintrón Olguín
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Michael Collins
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