<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>I don't see the VG224 being end of life'd any time soon. They just (Dec '09?) EOL'ed the VG248.<br><br>It would suck if they did. With my calculations, any router based solution with max FXS ports, comes out to about double the cost per port.<br><br><br><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it. <br> - LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil)<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Ratko Dodevski" <rade239@gmail.com><br>To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio@uoguelph.ca><br>Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:53:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 2951 with 64 FXS ports<br><br>Thanks Lelio... I saw the 4 pack VG224, and my god is cheap !!! I don't know for how long this model will be on the market (warranty and support), but, I'll sure take a look at...<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you take a look at the data sheet, it explains that the module has an RJ21 connector. You can break this out with a pre-made panel from blackbox or do your own. With all FXS ports, it should be pretty easy.<br>
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Density Analog and Digital Extension Module for Voice and Fax (EVM-HD)</div></td></tr></tbody></table><hr style="width: 100%; min-height: 2px;"></div><div class="im"><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it. <br> - LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil)<br>
<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Ratko Dodevski" <<a href="mailto:rade239@gmail.com" target="_blank">rade239@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <<a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" target="_blank">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a><br>Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:35:55 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 2951 with 64 FXS ports<br>
<br>I'm not really familiar with EVM-HD-8FXS/DID, can you please tell me<br>how can I use this to connect RJ-11 cable in? Some customer requires<br>VG with 48 FXS ports with RJ-11 interface for analog phones, but I<br>
can't understand how this EVM-HD-8FXS/DID works.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Ratko<br><br>On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi <<a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> EVM-HD-8FXS/DID + 2 x 8 FXS modules = 24 FXS<br>><br>> you can do that twice, one in each NM/SM slot. So that gives you 48.<br>><br>> 4 VWICs = 4 x 4 FXS = 16 + 48 = 64<br>><br>> Just an FYI though, you can probably by a four pack of VG224s cheaper than<br>
> outfitting a router with FXS ports. You might want to price it out.<br>><br>><br>><br>> ---<br>> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>> Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>> (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>> Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it.<br>> - LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil)<br>
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><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Ratko Dodevski" <<a href="mailto:rade239@gmail.com" target="_blank">rade239@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" target="_blank">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6:40:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>> Subject: [cisco-voip] 2951 with 64 FXS ports<br>><br>> Hi, according to<br>> <a href="https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10537/prod_series_comparison.html" target="_blank">https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10537/prod_series_comparison.html</a><br>
> it says that 2951 support up to 64 FXS ports but i cant configure<br>> through the configuration tool. I need it with 48 FXS ports, but it<br>> seems like i can't put more then 32 (2 NM with 2x4FXS and 4x4FXS).<br>
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><br><br><br><br>-- <br>Ratko<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ratko<br>
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