<div><font>I put in an Asterisk box at home using Elastix 2.3.0 and a </font>Sangoma A200/Remora FXO/FXS Analog AFT card with 2 FXO and 2 FXS ports (got it for free at a conference).</div><div><br></div><div>It doesn't make much practical sense in a home environment (you could run an entire company off this software), but I can testify it's a lot of fun to play around with and will be a most rewarding learning experience.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I went for Gigaset C610A IP wireless handsets. The base station connects to asterisk, and the handsets connect to the base - it's a DECT setup. You can connect up to 6 handsets to the base station, but are limited to 3 simultaneous calls. I also added a Yealink T26P IP phone (was also a giveaway one time).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Asterisk has completely put paid to the unwanted call problem I was having, although there is no question that I used a sledgehammer to swat a fly.</div><div><br></div><div>As Scott mentioned, check out Atlanta Asterisk Users Group too, once you start getting into the nitty-gritty of things.</div>
<div><br></div><div>hth</div><div><br></div><div>ed</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Michael Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael.campbell@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.campbell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, we have an AT&T POTS line incoming, and I've been kicking the idea around of doing a home PBX type thing. <div>
<br></div><div>I was wondering where to start; are there some well-known FOSS things out there that I could begin my research with? I'm assuming I'd need some sort of hardware (fax-modem?) to catch the incoming calls, then the software to "do interesting $#@! with it". I just don't know what my possibilities are or what the capabilities (and price) of such things would be.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Pointers welcome.</div>
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