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More info?)
Luca wrote:
> nagamichi@web.de (Juhura Nagamichi) wrote in message
> news:<eb0e3560.0405090801.5f92e981@posting.google.com>...
>> A cheap solution would be to take a PC or embedded device with a
>> network card and a passive ISDN card running Asterisk
>> (http://www.asterisk.org) on top of Linux (there are even Debian
>> packages). That way you can manage extensive dialplans,
>> fax/voice2mail/boxes, ...
>>
>> Juhura
>
> It's a great solution!
> Please explain me the meaning of "passive" isdn card, I'm in europe
> and isdn card is TA.
>
> What is the best quality/price phone on the market in your opinion?
> Thanks
> Luca
There is active ISDN cards witch has processing onboard the ISDN card =
expencive and then you have passive cards with less processing onboard the
ISDN card and those card uses more CPU capacity from the motherboard and are
less expensive.
Pick a card that has support from the ISDN4LINUX (www.isdn4linux.org).
Check the link
http://www.isdn4linux.de/faq/i4lfaq-5.html#ss5.1 for hardware
support and
http://www.isdn4linux.de/faq/i4lfaq-5.html#ss5.2 for an
explanation of the difference between active and passive ISDN card.
/Mats