Hello Robert,
I have … and it work very well on a Linksys WRTSL54GS.
Look at: teledata.qc.ca/MARS/MARS_en.html
It will easily handle 4 calls if no transcoding needed … which is good enough for many small offices / SOHO or even home use.
There are many advantage of using * in a router, the most obvious one beeing cost … Connect this to a broadband modem (ADSL/CABLE) and you get a LAN for 4 PC with a WI-FI access point plus a 4 X 2(+) hybrid PBX (using a 1 FXO / 1 FXS adapter) !
You can connect up to 4 systems together for direct inter-system calls. You can even use the lines of a remote system to place an outside call !
This could also be used as a “satellite” to a larger * system …
You will want a router which can run OpenWRT with 32 MB RAM and 8 MB Flash. Look here for the sources and docs :
downloads.openwrt.org/whiterussian/0.9/
Hanz Zandbelt has also ported * 1.4 and it works fine … (Check the forum for links …)
Noël
[quote=“robert.mcnaught”]Hi,
Has anyone tried installing asterisk on a commercial router and got it to work in a production environment - anyone know much about the implications of doing this?
Thanks
Robert[/quote]