[AusNOG] Cisco BRI Acting as Provider

[Tim Warnock]

> On 31 Aug 2015, at 18:55, Andrew Barbara <andrew at focusnet.com.au<mailto:andrew at focusnet.com.au>> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Sorry for the noise?
> 
> Looking to configure a Cisco router (say 2811 with VIC-2BRI-NT/TE) as a SIP to BRI gateway (To an existing Panasonic PBX)
> 
> The customer already has the router so would be good to re-use if possible.
> 
> Done this a few times with PRI / E1 but getting some strange things with the BRIs.
> 
> Anyone done this before, or know of an alternative device that has 8 BRI ports and can handle all 16 open channels?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Andrew
> 

Do you have PVDM-2 (with sufficient available resources) in the 2811? That might be your issue...

I've done 8 PSTN to SIP with no CPU issues in the past so I can't see 16 BRI being a problem on a 2811.