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hey guys thanks for the awesome input. I'm going to order a small snom system for my parents house. we are going to use my moms existing iMac, if we need we can move to the sheeva plug in the future. we are going to have 5 cordless phones (connected to two separate base stations), and 3 corded phones (snom 300?). we are going to be using a phone line from the cable company, and will be using a Patton M-ATA. the main features we look to get out of this system are automated attendant, intercom, and personal voicemail boxes. we have a linksys vpn router, and a 24 port gigabit switch. any other suggestions or comments on product choice?

Thanks for the response. Not sure what made you think so, but I'm very well versed with ip. We implement large home networks, our control systems (crestron) are all ip based, And on top of that we have an entire dedicated it division for businesses. Can anyone actually answer the specific questions I asked? Thanks again.

I am an av custom integrator. I usually sell and install Panasonic kx-ta824 hybrid phone systems. I've been interested in snom for a while and I think I have two jobs that would make a nice fit. 1st job would be a personal job that would be a good test ground for me. It would be for my parents. Under 10 extensions. Mostly portable phones (M9?) They are mostly interested in automated attendant and cordless users. Would like to keep costs down for them, but want to make sure it works well. Questions for this job: 1. Would be using 1 analog phone line. What's a good low cost gateway. Patton m-ata? What if they eventually want 2 lines (doubtful). 2. My mom uses an iMac in her home office for work. It's always on. Can I use that for the snomone software? It's got 3gb of memory, Running snow leopard. She would also want to upgrade to lion eventually, will there be compatibility issues? - if that's not recommended, what's a good low cost, easy to admin solution. 3. With M9, I can have one base and up to 9 handsets. each handset can have their own extension ? They can intercom to each other ? 4. Anything else I'm missing ? Next potential job is for a wealthy client, under 20 extensions. Residential as well. Will most likely need 2 or 3 door stations (door bell intercom). Phones will be mostly snow 8xx series and a couple of cordless M9. 1. Is it recommended to have a dedicated server for that many extensions or can I run it on clients existing iMac. - what's the advantage of having it run on a dedicated Mac mini over some other dedicated cheaper machine. 2. What's a good analog phone line gateway for between 2-4 phone lines. 3.Anything else I need to know while quoting this system? General questions 1. Anything special needed in terms of network routers for both systems or can I use standard home routers like airport extreme ? 2. Can I become a snom direct dealer, as I'd like to make some profit on the product if possible. Thanks in advance, I look forward to working with the product.