AVM FRITZ!Box

Post by **Digit** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:27 am

I installed a new ADSL modem last weekend, it's a AVM FRITZ!Box Fon.
It has VoIP, 4 LAN Ethernet ports, 3 POTS ports, 1 ISDN port and runs on Linux. Especially the latter is very interesting; redirecting syslog will give me the opportunity to log incoming phonecalls (again) as well as outgoing. I've seen sites where SSH is enabled on the Fritz, scripts to remotely wake up PC's (WOL) and all kinds of other interesting/nice features added to it.

So if you have ADSL and consider a new modem, you really should have a look at this one.
(Tip for the XS4ALL-people: check their site now, you can get it for free!)

Post by **MindBender** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:56 am

I've been looking at this one too, but nobody seemed to be able to answer my question:
Can you use it to connect your ISDN telephony functions to your Asterisk server?

Post by **Noel** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:39 am

I've been using a "WLAN 7050" for a long time when I was on ADSL. It was a great modem, and loved all the 'extra' options in it. (als being able to use more Voip accounts)
Now I'm on fiber, and no need for "modems" anymore.

Still if I ever move back to (A)DSL again, the FRITZ!Box will be my nr1.

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Post by **Digit** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:46 pm

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by MindBender</i>
<br />I've been looking at this one too, but nobody seemed to be able to answer my question:
Can you use it to connect your ISDN telephony functions to your Asterisk server?
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Neither can i [:I]; i have neither Asterisk nor ISDN equipment.
I have a KPN HomeVox 2-6 PBX that will be connected to the 2 analog ports on the Fritz.

Post by **Bastiaan** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:39 pm

Yes you will be able to use it with Astrix although a bit limited.
I am using my 7170 with 3CX VOIP system. Calls ring in the house, if nobody picks up it forwards to my VOIP box and the caller will get the digital receptionist.

My VOIP box is one of the VOIP connections on the Fritxbox and part of the dialing rules.

Post by **MindBender** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:47 am

Thank you, ZebraFilm.

I was hoping to use a Fritz!Box to make my ISDN services available to an Asterisk server, so it can distribute incoming ISDN calls to my SIP phones and my SIP phones can make calls via Asterisk through ISDN.

Post by **RDNZL** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:38 am

Mindbender,

You can integrate your ISDN line with asterisk by using a very cheap (about 20 euro) PCI ISDN card (HFC-S chipset) using bri-stuff drivers.

I have used this setup for quite some time working ok, (with a second card in NT mode, where my ISDN phones were connected to) but I downgraded to ananalog line and bought an analog digi board.

Google for passive HFC-S ISDN card asterisk.

Of course you have to have a linux box, and a free pci slot, and some spare interupt calls, because the card is passive

Ron.

Developing DomotiGa - Gambas powered Domotics.

Post by **MindBender** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:52 am

Thank you Ron.

I have a supported ISDN card, but I didn't get it to work under OpenSuse. I suppose I have to try harder and start with a Live CD as a point of reference.

Until that, I was looking for an intermediate solution. The Fritz!Box came to mind because it offers complete PBX functionality. Draytek offers a router with similar functionality, but I have bad experiences with Draytek. Unfortunately the PBX functionality is rather limited; It would have been nice to connect SIP phones to it as well. So eventually I will end up with an Asterisk (or SipX) box, but it would be nice if I could integrate the Fritz!Box into that solution, avoiding the haggle with PCI ISDN cards under Linux.

Yeah, I want a bit much

Post by **Digit** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:16 pm

I just realise the Fritz has 1 disadvantage: no blinking LED to show me whether and how much traffic there is. I'm the type that always looks at those things, now i can't anymore...[:(]

Post by **Digit** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:47 am

I've found another disadvantage that really disappoints me. It's VERY BIG one, in my opinion. While trying to find out why my website is reacting really slow lately, i found out that traffic shaping must be implemented very badly in the Fritz. Just checking the "Use traffic shaping"

makes the site look really slow. WHAT traffic shaping? How is it being shaped? I don't know. But when simple HTTP traffic is being slowed down just by checking the shaping box while nothing else changes, there must be something wrong inside the Fritz. So for now, i don't like Fritz that much anymore...

Any suggestions for a replacement?[?]

Post by **Bastiaan** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:54 am

If you want to try a Draytek Vigor 2900V, I have one laying in the dust. Its a ISDN - VOIP router with good VPN support.

Post by **Digit** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:33 am

I've sent you PM.

Post by **Bwired** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:31 pm

I tried several routers the past time and I have to say a lot of them are bad for running your own webserver! The problem is that most of the routers are optimized for receiving data and not for sending data which you need the most if you are hosting a website. Don't get wrong they all have NAT, port forwarding etc but the problem is the slow translating. If you run website from your home, you need to forward port 80 to your internal computers which runs the website. In most cases this translation takes more then seconds. I found out that Linksys works OK on that part and the Dual Draytek Vigor 2950 wireless WAN router which I now have is really the best until now. Routers like Fritz have a lot off functionality but some parts are not really worked out.