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Trunk grouping

Dnia Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:16:40 +0800
“Malvin Rito” napisaƂ(a):

> Were upgrading our network switches and need to create multiple
> VLAN groups, but since our Squid Proxy (Transparent Proxy) Server
> should be accessible to all VLAN groups we need to setup a trunk
> grouping inside our Squid Proxy Box. Is anyone has a documentation
> or code on how to implement trunk grouping?

If I correctly understand your problem, you should configure VLANs at
your linux box. You’ll have to add a IP address to all configured
VLAN interfaces, then bind your squid proxy to those addresses.
Google for 8021q module and vconfig utility.

Regards,

UK-specific hardware recommendations (FXOand FXS)

Roger Burton West wrote:

> I want to hook one of them to the PSTN. Given that I am in
> the UK, what is a reasonably easily-available device to
> provide an FXO interface from a Linux box, with a minimum of
> faffing around with drivers? Just one line is needed, though
> in theory two might eventually be useful. My usual white-box
> hardware suppliers don’t seem to play in this field.

I’ve had good experiences with an OpenVox A400P, once you’ve done the “Dahdi
dance”, it settles down to be very reliable. Reasonable price, too. I bought
mine from Voipon, although I’m sure a bit of shopping around will find other
vendors.

Cheers,
Ade.

UK-specific hardware recommendations (FXO and FXS)

I have a pair of Asterisk servers which are happily routeing VoIP calls.
I want to hook one of them to the PSTN. Given that I am in the UK, what
is a reasonably easily-available device to provide an FXO interface from
a Linux box, with a minimum of faffing around with drivers? Just one
line is needed, though in theory two might eventually be useful. My
usual white-box hardware suppliers don’t seem to play in this field.

Also: I’ve heard good things about the PAP2T for getting analogue
handsets to talk to a VoIP server. But all the ones I can see on eBay
are PAP2T-NA models. Will these work with British handsets? (Obviously
with a plug adaptor to put the BT jack into an RJ11 socket, but that’s
relatively easy to arrange.)

Roger