[PreViking-devel] Quicknet Phonejack POTS application

[Abul K. <abu...@ya...>]

Hopefully you guys have received the Quicknet Linejack ISA card. Any
progress on Previking working with Linejack.

I am ready to start a trial with Quicknet phonejacks working with
Previking and I Have several questions.

- Does Previking support multiple ISA phonejacks in a Linux box and if
yes, what is max. limit if I use a ISA passive backplane.

- The same question for PCI phonejacks.

- If the above is not supported now, how difficult will it be to modify
Previking to include the above support.

- I am thinking about a project where Previking linux boxes will be
deployed in a corporate intranet or even give it to ITSP subscribers using
POTS port only - for a setup like this where I may have a large number of
linux boxes running Previking on them, is there a theoretical limit to how
many boxes we can run in a network, or is it unlimited.

- Are you currently running Previking at your different terminating points
for Telesave or are you interfacing with other termination gateways using
H.323/MGCP or SIP - which raises the other question, is H.323 the only
protocol supported now?

- On a network running a number of linux boxes, can we centralize billing,
gate-keeping, pre-paid service etc.

As far as I understand it, the hardware options for Previking are NMS AG &
CG cards and Quicknet Phonejack & Linejack (I am not sure of the Phonejack
PCI). Are there any other cheap hardware like any linux compatible modems
that will have acceptable sound quality?

I am trying to find the cheapest and most scalable solution based on the
previking linux box. For most motherboards, there is only 4-5 PCI slots
available - that is why I want to use PCI cards and possibly cards that
are cheaper than the $160 Quicknet phonejack PCI. Please make some
suggestions on that.

The AG and CG cards are expensive and are much bigger than my needs for
distributed functions. But a PICA 4 port PCI or ISA is also a good
alternative. Do you think this is an option?

Also I would like to personally discuss this with Zaheer or Abdul Wahid.
Please let me know what are good hours to catch you at your office.

Thanks,

Abul Kalam
Los Angeles
213-897-1838


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