Alex Balashov wrote:
If I remember correctly tho, in order to connect to the tandems you had to be able to provide ss7 services. We got all of our ports out of a DMS500, but I do remember people using something from cisco to emulate a switch (SCC maybe?) and back end all the dial traffic into 5800's....
There were lots of switch-lite solutions (signaling gateways) that were popular during the dialup boom. The Cisco PGW was very popular among them. All of these could control media gateways via H.248/MEGACO or MGCP, and the TNTs did H.248. Just very basic SS7 ISUP->media gateway control was needed to get modem pools going.
And the Cisco AS-series stuff is MGCP, I believe. -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671