If you do go into business, I might be a customer. I too have been holding out for a linux based PBX - an NT based one seems utterly nuts. Kent Ben Kochie wrote: > > yes.. cisco phones are cool.. they run on the "H.323" protocol.. wich is > one of the better VoIP protocols.. each phone DHCP, or static assigns an > IP address, it contains an id number, and a server IP address (as far as i > know) I really don't know much about the security of the whole > thing.. which is why i'm trying to get my hands on some equip (talking to > a cisco vendor currently) > nope.. it's all open standard.. from what I can tell.. you could buy > nortel call manager, and cisco phones, and they would all play nicely. or > atleast basic stuff would work fine.. that's what the goal of VoIP > was.. make it non-proprietary. the hardware involved is a mostly standard > PC, with addon boards to do things like T1's pots lines, and other such > telco-specific hardware. oh.. and an ethernet card to connect the IP > based phones.. the cisco phones plug into ethernet, and have a > pass-through port for a PC, (10/100) > and even better.. is no reverse engenieering is necessary.. all the > protocols that are used are open, and there are even GPL implamentations > of most of it.. but the problem i'm running into is this.. there are no > good all-in-one soltions in the GPL community.. each one is doing their > own little bit.. one is doing the BPX core, one is doing the H.323 core, > another is doing some other things.. but no one does voicemail, T1 routing > (for incoming voice T's) and other "normal" phone system features. but > the NT based call managers are complete in functionality. luckly i'm not > in desperate need of a system right now.. so i have time (haha.. not > really) to play with this stuff. maybe in a year.. i'll have the software > together in a nice package, and I can go into business for myself > installing linux based phone systems.. > > places to read: > http://www.asteriskpbx.com/ > http://www.linuxtelephony.org > http://www.vovida.com/ (they don't do PBX anymore :( > > Thank You, > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] > | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] > | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] > | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > > > hey.. is there anyone out there doing anything with Voice over IP? I am > > > researching VoIP based PBX's right now.. to replace our existing > > > proprietary PBX system (fujitsu series 3) I have found 2 systems, a > > > nortel, and a cisco, both are based on embeded windows NT.. (bleh) i have > > > found a bunch of stuff on linuxtelephony.org.. but it's all really > > > beta.. and there are no VAR's for it. :( > > > > have your researches found anything about those Cisco IP phones? they seem > > like a really cool idea, especially in combination with a freenix telephony > > server. > > how well will they work on the same network as your computers? any > > security issues with them? I'm sure they're designed to be served by a Sun > > box or something; but how easy would it be to reverse engineer the protocol > > and make a free server? > > > > why ever would you put a PBX on embedded NT? if you were deteremined to go > > with a non-free OS, wouldn't you at least go QNX or VxWorks or SCO or > > something that wasn't designed to be rebooted once a day? > > > > Carl Soderstrom > > -- > > Network Engineer > > Real-Time Enterprises > > (952) 943-8700 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Kent Schumacher Structural Wood Corporation 4000 Labore Rd. St. Paul, MN 55110 Phone: (651) 426-8111 Fax: (651) 426-6859 e-mail: kent at structural-wood.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org