Re: single device to replace ADSL router, WiFi/Ethernet router, SIP router?
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 01:38:04PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm looking for a way to replace my current home network infrastructure
> > with a single device running Debian. I currently have these devices:
> >
> > * Siemens SpeedStream 4200. This is an ADSL2+ modem running the
> > supplied OS. It is running in bridge mode, DSL port plugged into
> > the wall phone jack via the ADSL splitter and the Ethernet port
> > is plugged into the Netgear WGR614L router/switch.
> > * Netgear WGR614L. This is a router, Ethernet switch and WiFi AP,
> > currently running an old patched up custom build of OpenWRT. Its
> > WAN port connects to the SpeedStream and talks PPPoE to my ISP
> > via the SpeedStream. The four Ethernet ports are a switch,
> > plugged into a PC and the Minitar MVA11A.
> > * Minitar MVA11A. This is a SIP router with FXO/FXS ports and an
> > Ethernet port. FXO port plugs into the wall phone jack via the
> > ADSL splitter, FXS into the cordless phone, Ethernet into the
> > WGR614L.
> > * old Panasonic cordless phone
>
> paul,
>
> not being funny or anything, but i did a single-box setup. got an
> ADSL PCI modem card (which required non-free firmware) and got an
> expensive but recommended digicom Asterisk dual-FXO/FXS PCI card which
> required a special kernel compile that destabilised the whole system.
>
> yes it worked, but to be honest the number of cables wasn't
> significantly reduced. i still had to have a WIFI router, i still had
> to have an 8-port ethernet switch, i still had to have 3 sets of
> telephone wires.
>
> in other words, for an approximately 20% reduction in rats nest, i
> got a f*** of a lot of hassle, had to set up firewalling which would
> otherwise be dealt with by the router box, had to deal with IP MASQ
> (which would otherwise be dealt with by the router box), had to learn
> how to set up, configure and maintain asterisk.
Slightly Off topic, here. As I work for one of those companies with
DAHDI drivers, I'll point out that a DAHDI package is included in
Debian. I have not tried it yet on my N900, but I did try it on a a
SheevaPlug and a Loongson laptop.
I try to maintain a repository with drivers that are not inthe main
DAHDI distribution and are still well maintained:
https://gitorious.org/dahdi-extra/dahdi-linux-extra
If you have any drivers to be included there, feel free to point me to
them (or otherwise help maintain it).
I'm not aware of any widely-used interface in the kernel to similar
hardware. As for getting DAHDI into mainline: not my call, sadly.
Staying off-topic, I should also point out the Vilage Telco project and
their Mesh Potato, that manage to get something useful out of Asterisk
DAHDI (with their own hardware and Linux on top of a Blackfin CPU.
http://villagetelco.org/
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