If the cabins are within wifi reach of each other, you might look into
doing a mesh network with Linksys WRT-54G routers running Sveasoft in
WDS mode. Then you can place a router in each cabin with a VoIP phone
or an ATA adapter and regular phone. Off the main router you have a
PC as a firewall/sqid server/etc. connected to your internet
connection. Also running on this PC is a VoIP server like Asterisk
running SIP and/or IAX, and possibly even able to connect with Skype
using the ChanSkype driver.
Depending on configuration, you might need only one SIP account with a
provider (or even just Skype), and thus one dial-in number, and via
Asterisk you can assign extensions to each cabin for dial-in number,
voicemail, etc.
Also, the WDS mesh network would provide wifi coverage permitting your
guests to use their laptops to surf, as well as letting them use their
VoIP softphone/Skype/etc. of choice from their laptops, or a PC you
have in the cabins for their use.
I hope this helps, and please send me (off-list) some details of where
your cabins are located, etc. Some gringos may need to jump fences
too someday ;-)
Cheers,
--scm
Shawn Merdinger
Security Researcher
On 7/20/08, Diego Garcia <diegogarciamendoza (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Diego and i'm from Mexico City. I want some advice about
> the best solution for Call Cabins with VoIP, cause i want to install
> some cabins in several places in south of Mexico and Guatemala. I'll
> use Satellital Internet in few cases cause there are in remote places
> inside the jungle. But first i want to talk about which can be the
> best solution for this.
>
> I was thinking in voip phones connected to a router and all to a SIP
> server, maybe with gizmo.com
>
> Another solution is one PC with 4 USB ports connected to a USB phones
> running 4 different VoIP clients like Gizmo or Skype (Maybe i need to
> know better providers, if u can recommend me one I'm gonna thank a
> lot).
>
> Or another idea is about a Linksys PAP and some PSTN phones.
>
> I hope anyone can help me decide what is the better solution for this.
> Thanks in advance for reading this.
>
> Best regards,
> Diego García Mendoza
>
> PS: Excuse my english :P
>
If the cabins are within wifi reach of each other, you might look into
doing a mesh network with Linksys WRT-54G routers running Sveasoft in
WDS mode. Then you can place a router in each cabin with a VoIP phone
or an ATA adapter and regular phone. Off the main router you have a
PC as a firewall/sqid server/etc. connected to your internet
connection. Also running on this PC is a VoIP server like Asterisk
running SIP and/or IAX, and possibly even able to connect with Skype
using the ChanSkype driver.
Depending on configuration, you might need only one SIP account with a
provider (or even just Skype), and thus one dial-in number, and via
Asterisk you can assign extensions to each cabin for dial-in number,
voicemail, etc.
Also, the WDS mesh network would provide wifi coverage permitting your
guests to use their laptops to surf, as well as letting them use their
VoIP softphone/Skype/etc. of choice from their laptops, or a PC you
have in the cabins for their use.
I hope this helps, and please send me (off-list) some details of where
your cabins are located, etc. Some gringos may need to jump fences
too someday ;-)
Cheers,
--scm
Shawn Merdinger
Security Researcher
On 7/20/08, Diego Garcia <diegogarciamendoza (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Diego and i'm from Mexico City. I want some advice about
> the best solution for Call Cabins with VoIP, cause i want to install
> some cabins in several places in south of Mexico and Guatemala. I'll
> use Satellital Internet in few cases cause there are in remote places
> inside the jungle. But first i want to talk about which can be the
> best solution for this.
>
> I was thinking in voip phones connected to a router and all to a SIP
> server, maybe with gizmo.com
>
> Another solution is one PC with 4 USB ports connected to a USB phones
> running 4 different VoIP clients like Gizmo or Skype (Maybe i need to
> know better providers, if u can recommend me one I'm gonna thank a
> lot).
>
> Or another idea is about a Linksys PAP and some PSTN phones.
>
> I hope anyone can help me decide what is the better solution for this.
> Thanks in advance for reading this.
>
> Best regards,
> Diego García Mendoza
>
> PS: Excuse my english :P
>
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