Recommended BRI Interface with i4b (HPS-Edition) and Asterisk/chan_capi on 6.2

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Friday 10 August 2007, Oliver von Bueren wrote:
> Hi all, esp. HPS
>
> As some might remember, I've setup my Asterisk on a FreeBSD 6.1-RELENG
> box with the i4b from HPS, including the chan_capi (AVM Fritz) and
> Asterisk from the ports collection, runs well.
>
> I'm now planning on upgrading a bit. For one I'd like to move to the
> 6.2-RELENG branch. I quess the save way to do this is to de-install i4b,
> do the cvsup to 6.2-RELENG and get that running without i4b and then do
> a fresh install after an svn update with the current version. If anybody
> sees any pitfalls with that, please tell me!
>
> Now to the more important question. Can anybody recommend me a multi
> port BRI card for this combo of software. It needs to support at least
> one, better two S0 in NT mode and one as TE connected to a DDI S0 from
> our local telco NT1.
>
> I've seen the thread about the Digium D410P(€635) and spotted the BN4S0
> from Beronet (€450) , Junghanns.net has a quadBRI 2.0 as well. All
> prices in Euros excl. VAT on voipango.de. In addition, I think I need a
> power supply for the NT-Mode S0, the beronet one is around €82.
>
> At the moment, I'm in favor of the Beronet card, as it's quite a
> difference to the Digium one.
> Does that sound reasonable to you? And, does it work?

The Digium one has some additional DPS's which I haven't added support for 
yet. That's why it is somewhat more expensive.

I would suggest that you buy a QuadBRI. Then you have some extra ports in case 
of lightning or whatever.

The BN4S0 is supported by my I4B.

--HPS