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Edwin Rhodes wrote: > Hello can I setup FreePBX in a virtual machine and use it to setup a group > of ciso phones for both internal calls and external via sip to other > people??? I presume pstn cards are needed to connect to phone network or can > I configure the phones to connect using sip to the phone network? Very new > to this pbx thing. Thanks ed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Neil Stone > Sent: 02 August 2009 09:18 > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [LUG] Own Asterisk Server > > Gordon Henderson wrote: > >> On Sat, 1 Aug 2009, Edwin Rhodes wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hello I am not sure if you are the right person, I am interested in >>> > making > >>> my own asterix server please advise, thanks ed. >>> >>> >> Edwin, >> >> I'm guessing this is aimed at me, so I've started a new thread for this to >> > > >> separate it from the existing ones. Always a good thing to do with a new >> subject - i.e. start a new email rather than reply. >> >> (Although there are others there who use asterisk too - Dave Walker's also >> > > >> a guru ;-) >> >> Disclaimer: I build and sell asterisk boxes and provide ITSP services. >> >> You need something to run it on - and remember that you might need/want to >> > > >> run it 24/7 to pickup voicemail, etc. when you're not about. >> >> You also need some phones, although you can use soft-phones on a PC >> (Asterisk itself has a soft-phone built in, but I don't recommend using >> > it) > >> And something to connect to to make/take calls - A PSTN card to use your >> BT connections, or a SIP (or IAX) connection to an ITSP of some sorts. >> >> Then there's the asterisk itself - many Linux distributions come with a >> bundled version, but personally I favour compiling it from scratch myself. >> >> Asterisk itself comes in 3 basic versions - the 1.2 version, 1.4 and 1.6, >> and to further complicate matters, the 1.6 is currently split into 2 >> branches. 1.2 is considered obsolete, but there are literally thousands >> upon thousands of 1.2 installations out there. My own systems are based on >> > > >> 1.2, but I'm working on 1.4. I consider 1.6 too buggy for production use, >> and even 1.4 has bugs that 1.2 doesn't have, but right now it has features >> > > >> I want that 1.2 doesn't have, so I'm migrating to it. >> >> I'd suggest going for 1.4 if compiling from scratch. >> >> Another way might be to dedicate an old PC and use one of the pre-canned >> packages. pbxinaflash, trixbox or astlinux - there are others. These are >> basically whole Linux distributions (centOs I think) which come with a pre >> > > >> built asterisk, web front-end, etc. >> >> I looked at these, then started from scratch. >> >> If you want to play on your workstation, then get the sources for the >> latest version of 1.4 and compile it up yourself. Use the default settings >> > > >> and off you go. You won't need anything else at this stage. >> >> The tricky part isn't compiling and installing, it's editing the dozens of >> > > >> config files and the magical thing that controls it all; The Dialplan. >> (Also known as extensions.conf) >> >> The dialplan is actually a programming language. You write programs in it >> which are executed by various triggers - usually by a phone dialling a >> number which matches something in the dialplan. >> >> What I suggest you do now though is go and get a book - it's free and in >> PDF format. It's Asterisk: The Future of Telephony. >> >> Google around for it, but try: >> >> http://www.asterisk-voip.nl/wiki/images/7/7b/AsteriskTFOT.zip >> >> The book is quite old now and will talk about Zap or Zaptel devices. These >> > > >> are 1.2 specific stuff - for a pure SIP/VoIP system you don't need any of >> it, and Zap has been renamed DAHDI in the latest version of asterisk too. >> >> Enjoy! >> >> Gordon >> >> >> > Well put, however I can recommend the use of either AsteriskNOW or > FreePBX, the latter being the GUI that a number of PBXs are using. > Personally I use Debian Lenny with FreePBX ontop.. I even wrote a script > to deploy the whole thing if you're interested..! > > TTFN > > Neil > > Yes you can... -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html