I don't think you could use that modem -- asterisk had/has some
drivers for modems, but they haven't been worked on for years. What
you need is a digium card (I think 100p is the model) which they no
longer make, but you can get them on Ebay and try and see how they
work for you.

on Monday 08/21/2006 Brent Harding(bharding (AT) doorpi (DOT) net) wrote
Hi. I am thinking of getting Asterisk going eventually, seems neat how you
can combine multiple services into 1 phone instead of having phones
everywhere for Voip networks or regular calls. My old box has an Intel 536EP
modem in it that I used since Windows-98 was still the S many systems were
built with. The modem is a voice modem and has a port for the phone
extension and for the line from the phone company. Could I use this modem as
an extension if I set up an Asterisk system, assuming I will be getting rid
of the cable phone service because of price and lack of basic features such
as 3-way, *69, etc, and going with a Voip provider that is standard and
would work on it? I've heard of cards that do provide a port for an analog
phone, but not sure there's a blind-friendly howto on the hardware side of
things as far as how I'd get the old modem out and this in, and what sort of
power connector to connect to it as I thought cards got power off the PCI
slot.

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, didn't think the modem was probably the ideal solution, if it'd work at
all. I wonder how hard it really is to take that out of there and put the
Digium in instead? I heard on a show called Asterikast that one needs some
sort of power connection in addition to the PCI slot. The once or twice I
ever felt the inside of a machine, didn't find such a thing anywhere else
besides up by the drives. I hope I don't need to find a way to run wire from
up there all the way back. I've never heard of cards besides video that need
more power than the slot uses, wonder if they just call the slot a power
connection?

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Subject: Intel 536EP modem for Voip in Linux


>I don't think you could use that modem -- asterisk had/has some
drivers for modems, but they haven't been worked on for years. What
you need is a digium card (I think 100p is the model) which they no
longer make, but you can get them on Ebay and try and see how they
work for you.

on Monday 08/21/2006 Brent Harding(bharding (AT) doorpi (DOT) net) wrote
Hi. I am thinking of getting Asterisk going eventually, seems neat how
you
can combine multiple services into 1 phone instead of having phones
everywhere for Voip networks or regular calls. My old box has an Intel
536EP
modem in it that I used since Windows-98 was still the S many systems
were
built with. The modem is a voice modem and has a port for the phone
extension and for the line from the phone company. Could I use this
modem as
an extension if I set up an Asterisk system, assuming I will be getting
rid
of the cable phone service because of price and lack of basic features
such
as 3-way, *69, etc, and going with a Voip provider that is standard and
would work on it? I've heard of cards that do provide a port for an
analog
phone, but not sure there's a blind-friendly howto on the hardware side
of
things as far as how I'd get the old modem out and this in, and what
sort of
power connector to connect to it as I thought cards got power off the
PCI
slot.

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