We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106
Adtran TA 908 ?? Probably overkill but it works and works well -- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 E: matthew at crocker.com P: (413) 746-2760 F: (413) 746-3704 W: http://www.crocker.com On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick at flhsi.com> wrote:
We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much.
Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA?
Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106
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AudioCodes MP-118 FXS gateways are good too......Configuration is a bit disjointed but the units are rock solid. Charles Steinman Senior Converged Network Engineer 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 212-282-2249 www.rgts.com From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Crocker Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:49 PM To: nick at flhsi.com Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA Adtran TA 908 ?? Probably overkill but it works and works well -- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 E: matthew at crocker.com<mailto:matthew at crocker.com> P: (413) 746-2760 F: (413) 746-3704 W: http://www.crocker.com On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick at flhsi.com<mailto:nick at flhsi.com>> wrote: We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 [http://www.flhsi.com/files/emaillogo.jpg] _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
I have to agree with Matthew on this. We use SPA8000s but have often replaced them with the Adtran TA900 series (904,908,912,916,924 are the models we stock). Especially when faxing has been a problem. Most of the time all the config will take is: voice user 1112223333 connect fxs 0/1 password "password" sip-identity 1112223333 T01 register auth-name "1112223333" password "password" sip-authentication password "password" codec-group G711ONLY We have noticed with a couple of odd ball fax machines we have had to set some fax specific stuff: modem-passthrough t38 t38 redundancy high-speed 2 t38 redundancy low-speed 2 Brian From: matthew at corp.crocker.com Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:49:16 -0500 To: nick at flhsi.com CC: voiceops at voiceops.org Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA Adtran TA 908 ?? Probably overkill but it works and works well -- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 E: matthew at crocker.com P: (413) 746-2760 F: (413) 746-3704 W: http://www.crocker.com On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick at flhsi.com> wrote: We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
I second the TA 908 - They do work well. SPA 8000 is OK if you are using t.38. One thing to bear in mind, the SPA only supports one t.38 session per pair of ports. Also, per the documentation, the Adtran TA series only supports 4 concurrent t.38 sessions regardless of the model. I have also used Innomedia's 8 port IAD successfully and they apparently support t.38 sessions up to the full port density. From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Crocker Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:49 PM To: nick at flhsi.com Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA Adtran TA 908 ?? Probably overkill but it works and works well -- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 E: matthew at crocker.com<mailto:matthew at crocker.com> P: (413) 746-2760 F: (413) 746-3704 W: http://www.crocker.com On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick at flhsi.com<mailto:nick at flhsi.com>> wrote: We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 [http://www.flhsi.com/files/emaillogo.jpg] _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
Curious? Anyone ever use a Grandstream 8-port ATA (GXW4108)? The HT-286 has been horrible, the HT-502/503 have worked surprisingly well actually for us? From: Robert Dawson <RDawson at alliedtelecom.net<mailto:RDawson at alliedtelecom.net>> Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:01 PM To: "VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org>" <VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org>> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA I second the TA 908 ? They do work well. SPA 8000 is OK if you are using t.38. One thing to bear in mind, the SPA only supports one t.38 session per pair of ports. Also, per the documentation, the Adtran TA series only supports 4 concurrent t.38 sessions regardless of the model. I have also used Innomedia?s 8 port IAD successfully and they apparently support t.38 sessions up to the full port density. From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org<mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org> [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Crocker Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:49 PM To: nick at flhsi.com<mailto:nick at flhsi.com> Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org<mailto:voiceops at voiceops.org> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA Adtran TA 908 ?? Probably overkill but it works and works well -- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 E: matthew at crocker.com<mailto:matthew at crocker.com> P: (413) 746-2760 F: (413) 746-3704 W: http://www.crocker.com On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick at flhsi.com<mailto:nick at flhsi.com>> wrote: We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 [http://www.flhsi.com/files/emaillogo.jpg] _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
We've used the GXW4108 for some time now internally to connect SIP trunks to our Nortel PBX and its worked very well for that. We also have it deployed at a few other customer sites for trials. The 502/503's are definitely much better than the 286's we have them (the 50X) widely deployed for our residential/single line customers. -Keith On Nov 16, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Darren Schreiber wrote:
Curious? Anyone ever use a Grandstream 8-port ATA (GXW4108)?
The HT-286 has been horrible, the HT-502/503 have worked surprisingly well actually for us?
From: Robert Dawson <RDawson at alliedtelecom.net> Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:01 PM To: "VoiceOps at voiceops.org" <VoiceOps at voiceops.org> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA
I second the TA 908 ? They do work well.
SPA 8000 is OK if you are using t.38. One thing to bear in mind, the SPA only supports one t.38 session per pair of ports. Also, per the documentation, the Adtran TA series only supports 4 concurrent t.38 sessions regardless of the model.
I have also used Innomedia?s 8 port IAD successfully and they apparently support t.38 sessions up to the full port density.
From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Crocker Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:49 PM To: nick at flhsi.com Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA
Adtran TA 908 ?? Probably overkill but it works and works well
-- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710
E: matthew at crocker.com P: (413) 746-2760 F: (413) 746-3704 W: http://www.crocker.com
On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick at flhsi.com> wrote:
We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much.
Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA?
Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106
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Thanks! I am going to go try one :-) From: Keith LeClaire <kleclaire at mywdt.com<mailto:kleclaire at mywdt.com>> Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:45 PM To: Darren Schreiber <d at d-man.org<mailto:d at d-man.org>> Cc: Robert Dawson <RDawson at alliedtelecom.net<mailto:RDawson at alliedtelecom.net>>, "VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org>" <VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org>> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA We've used the GXW4108 for some time now internally to connect SIP trunks to our Nortel PBX and its worked very well for that. We also have it deployed at a few other customer sites for trials. The 502/503's are definitely much better than the 286's we have them (the 50X) widely deployed for our residential/single line customers. -Keith On Nov 16, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Darren Schreiber wrote: Curious? Anyone ever use a Grandstream 8-port ATA (GXW4108)? The HT-286 has been horrible, the HT-502/503 have worked surprisingly well actually for us? From: Robert Dawson <RDawson at alliedtelecom.net<mailto:RDawson at alliedtelecom.net>> Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:01 PM To: "VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org>" <VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org>> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA I second the TA 908 ? They do work well. SPA 8000 is OK if you are using t.38. One thing to bear in mind, the SPA only supports one t.38 session per pair of ports. Also, per the documentation, the Adtran TA series only supports 4 concurrent t.38 sessions regardless of the model. I have also used Innomedia?s 8 port IAD successfully and they apparently support t.38 sessions up to the full port density. From:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org<mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org> [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Crocker Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:49 PM To: nick at flhsi.com<mailto:nick at flhsi.com> Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org<mailto:voiceops at voiceops.org> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA Adtran TA 908 ?? Probably overkill but it works and works well -- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 E: matthew at crocker.com<mailto:matthew at crocker.com> P: (413) 746-2760 F: (413) 746-3704 W: http://www.crocker.com<http://www.crocker.com/> On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Nick Olsen" <nick at flhsi.com<mailto:nick at flhsi.com>> wrote: We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 [http://www.flhsi.com/files/emaillogo.jpg] _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org<mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
We use AudioCodes ATAs with a lot of success. Try the MP-118 http://www.audiocodes.com/products/mediapack-1xx -Adam ADAM BAIRD | SR. VOICE ENGINEER Anywhere (480) 289-7476 | Fax (480) 289-7477 | abaird at telesphere.com<mailto:abaird at telesphere.com> Telesphere | 9237 E. Via de Ventura, Ste 250 | Scottsdale, AZ 85258<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=9237%20E.%20Via%20de%20Ventura,%20Ste%2025...> [cid:image001.jpg at 01CDC346.16CDDE50]<mailto:features at telesphere.com> From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Nick Olsen Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:42 PM To: voiceops at voiceops.org Subject: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 [http://www.flhsi.com/files/emaillogo.jpg]
This exact question came up a couple months back on another list I'm subscribed to, and this is what I wrote then; I'm still curious to hear about people's experiences with this box... One cool product I ran into recently is the Atcom IP08, which is based off of the work done by David Rowe and Co. and his Open Telephony Hardware initiative (http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?page_id=440). It's an embedded system that can take analog port modules for up to 8 ports of either FXS or FXO (or a mix) and runs Asterisk. I haven't ever used one and I've been eager to hear of other people's experiences with it. The only U.S. distributor for it that I've been able to find is http://www.staronetel.com/reseller/store.html -- and with the box itself priced at $320 and each 2-port FXS card going for $50, you're looking at paying roughly twice for this what you would for an SPA8000. The advantage, of course, is the flexibility (completely open design, can mix-and-match FXS and FXO ports, runs Linux, runs Asterisk, etc.), but depending on your needs that may not be worth it to you. The other question you have to ask yourself is if you even need to break out the voice lines to analog FXS. You've probably already asked yourself this and have a good reason for doing so -- maybe the customer has an old PBX or key system that can only take analog trunks, or maybe it's a multitenant building and you want to break out a single telephone port per dwelling unit. But I've run into other providers who seemingly do it for every multi-line installation they do (it's just their modus operandi), and I have to ask: why? I've seen set-ups where the voice traffic is delivered via IP to a box like the SPA8000, broken out into multiple FXS, and then those are all taken into a Cisco ISR with a multi-FXO line card in it and the calls are eventually delivered to IP handsets. This just seems like insanity to me. Going from digital to analog only to go back to digital again is pointless. Just keep it IP end-to-end and be done with it. -- Nathan Anderson First Step Internet, LLC nathana at fsr.com -----Original Message----- From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Nick Olsen Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:42 PM To: voiceops at voiceops.org Subject: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 <http://www.flhsi.com/files/emaillogo.jpg>
We like the Adtran TA908 or Cisco IAD-2341-8fxs for 8 ports. We too dropped the SPA8000 because there isn't much help in the way of troubleshooting and they can be a pain to backup and restore compared to the Adtran and Cisco. We primarily deploy the TA900s but there are places where a customer wants it as cheap as possible so we go with the Cisco because they are dirt cheap on the grey market now. Richey From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Nick Olsen Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:42 PM To: voiceops at voiceops.org Subject: [VoiceOps] 8 Port ATA We've used the Cisco/Linksys SPA-8000's And haven't liked them to much. Anyone have any recommendations on an 8 port FXS ATA? Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 <http://www.flhsi.com/files/emaillogo.jpg>
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