1 ethernet port, 1 Fxo port & 80 FXS ports, hw?

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We are going to replace an existing pbx having 80 analog phone extensions with asterisk. The requirement is i need some kind of adapter which have 1 ethernet port, 1 FXO port and 80 or more FXS port, so that asterisk server can be connected to 80 phones.

Is there any hardware like that?

Whats the best network structure i can use for this scenario (all suggestions welcome)?

Thanks
Sanju

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Better - get some adapters lik Grandstream - there are cheaper but for me Grandstream is one of best.
Then you can attach phone to Grandstream, and connect Grandstream to server through LAN.

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[quote=“sanju”]We are going to replace an existing pbx having 80 analog phone extensions with asterisk. The requirement is i need some kind of adapter which have 1 ethernet port, 1 FXO port and 80 or more FXS port, so that asterisk server can be connected to 80 phones.

Is there any hardware like that?[/quote]
Why do you need an FXO with 80+ FXS ports, let alone an Asterisk PBX system, if you just want to replace the existing PSTN line with a VoIP line? As far as your existing PBX system is concerned, a VoIP line is merely the same as a PSTN line. So, if you still want to make use of your existing analong PBX system, all you need is an ATA device to connect its FXS port to one of the FXO ports of your PBX system. In this case, no Asterisk PBX system is needed just to replace a PSTN with a VoIP line.

As with the ATA device, you should do a Google search to find out which ATA device is more reliable. For me, I have been using several Linksys PAP2 units since 2006 and I have yet to find anyone of them giving me any problem.

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After a lot of searh i finally got the keyword ‘FXO CHANNEL BANKS’ these are enterprise system having 30 or more FXS port plus a few FXO port.

So if you have 80 analog phones, then all you to do is buy 4 of those 'FXO CHANNEL BANKS and then connect those banks to a switch and there you go. Now you can have the analog phones working with you asterisk.

Some clients never want to buy IP phones, instead they want to make use of their existing analog phones. Thats why i have to come up with this solutions.

Hope it will be help for someone.

Thanks
Sanju

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I only have 1 customer that has mostly analog phones and its a call center, I believe most people already have digital phones. Most of those want new phones, with their new system…