[clug] Asterix at home

[Ben Coughlan]

On 15/07/2009, at 8:35 PM, Ben Coughlan wrote:

> And I can plug my handsets directly into my router.  Landline calls  
> come in as normal, VOIP is used automatically whenever I dial out.
>
> I'd have no how to make a PC do that.

Edit: 	no idea

> On 15/07/2009, at 8:28 PM, Mike Carden wrote:
>
>> I'm reminded of the years I spent running a custom Linux firewall box
>> for my home network. I tended it carefully and assiduously applied
>> updates, read its logs and basked in my time-consuming but powerfully
>> protected home network.
>>
>> Then I bought a teeny tiny linux based router that ran off the smell
>> of an oily rag.
>>
>> To feel more geeky I immediately gave it community firmware and
>> tweaked it to within an inch of... doing what it did already.
>>
>> And I still had a secure home network.
>>
>> Now I have a Wireless router / ADSL2 / VOIP device that doesn't care
>> what OS talks to it and gives me seamless VOIP at the same time as
>> doing all of the wired and unwired local data provisioning that I
>> need.
>>
>> By all means hack 100 watts of old PC into being a VOIP gateway, but
>> it's no longer the province of hackers. Your corner store can sell  
>> you
>> a smaller, cheaper, working version for less than the cost of the
>> power to run an old PC[0].
>>
>>
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>>
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