Re: [Fsfe-uk] Telephony card with free driver

[Ramanan Selvaratnam]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 12:20, Ramanan Selvaratnam wrote:
>
> > Anyone know of  a good PCI based telephony card with support for Linux.
> > I am not sure whether there are any UK specific features support that 
> > limit the choice of such cards.
> > Free driver is a must though.
>
>
> Best bet is to ask the GNU Bayonne guys, I would expect.

..and Asterix [www.asteriskpbx.com].

There was talk of GNU Bayonne being showcased at the LDC in E'burgh. 
Atleast that is what I heard last year. It did not happen :-(

> They say they support Intel/Dialogic and Pika equipment, and both these
> manufacturers appear to do PCI cards. Whether or not they require you to
> have a BRI/PRI ISDN, or some other such higher-end equipment I do not
> know.

What worries me is the mention of [anything]oE as BT certainly does 
PPPoA for (A)DSL. Some of the aailable cards mention support over 
ethernet WAN. Documentation specific to UK if there are any is out of 
the question.

With the current cost of the hardware I am very reluctant to ask outside 
the UK. I have already been bitten once with an  NTSC All in One Wonder 
[TM] video card.

> If you do find anything useful, I would be interested in the results,
> it's something I'm planning on looking at myself.

Will do.

Best regards,

Ramanan