Hello All - I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize myself with all of this. I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to be complete. This is my first exposure to all of these technologies.
I installed AsteriskNow on my old dual Pentium 833mhz Dell PowerEdge 2400 and the install went well. I can log in and poke around in Linux and I even configured the box to be recognized on my windows network. However, is there a GUI that I can access to help me set things up? I've gotten so far as what looks to me like "DOS" windows that I can change various things in the OS... I do not have any other hardware installed. No cards and no VoIP phones. I havent got to the point where I can make a test call or anything like that. I dont know how to tell if Asterisk is up and running and how I can tweak it, etc. I've been reading a lot of different things, and have become a bit confused. I think that in time it will come to me but I needed to stop and ask because I need to know if I am on the wrong path for what I'd like to do someday.... My main question is: CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone using a soft-phone? If so, how can I do that? Also, can I use my cell phone to call into that box? I dont know if I have to get a phone number, or do I NEED a phone number? At the moment, I do not have any dollars to throw at this project. Its purely for learning, proof of concept sort of thing for myself on my spare time in the evenings. I would simply like to be able to call out and be able to call into that box. Later on down the road maybe I will get into setting up an IVR using a database so I can call into that system from wherever and get information read back to me. But, first things first.... I'd like to know if I am heading down the wrong path here. Sorry for what might seem as really silly questions, but I am not sure how to proceed. Thanks in advance for any insight that you folks can provide! Mike _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users