David Kerr wrote: > Hi, I am new to this list. After much research (google-ing, if you can > call that research). I have started to look at setting up AstLinux as a > gateway at my home. Today I have trixbox running on a system behind a > Linksys router. But I want to replace both with a single box that will > serve as an internet gateway and a Asterisk appliance. It looks like > AstLinux on an ALIX 2c3 or 2c2 is the ideal setup (for me). But, a few > questions...
David, Welcome. It's always good to see new people. > Am I on the right path? Is this viable? Yes completely. > Does AstLinux support IVR's, Queues, Voicemail-to-email, Call Detail > Reports, etc? Astlinux supports the basic features that Asterisk supports. We don't support mysql functions, but IVR, queues, vm to email etc all work. CDR data is stored in flat csv files. > A quick kicking of the tires (0.5 image in VMWare) and I can't find > anything equivalent to the trixbox GUI (freePBX). Is there an equivalent > or will I have to learn the syntax of asterisk config files (yuk... can > model the entries based on what my trixbox/asterisk config files look > like for my extensions, VoIP providers, etc?) We do not have a trixbox type gui. Newer images (trunk, soon to be 0.6) have the asterisk-gui framework that Digium developed. Lonnie has been working on an alternative interface that mostly will allow you to configure the non-asterisk stuff. > How exactly do I turn on the gateway/routing feature? Is there a GUI > for its setup (port forwarding, register to dyndns.org > <http://dyndns.org/>, etc). Routing is enabled when both an external and internal interface are defined in the /etc/rc.conf file. > I managed to checkout and build AstLinux today (on Ubuntu 7.10... in a > VMWare workstation). I see a 'iso' directory, do I just have to burn > that onto a CD? > > I hope to prototype everything inside VMWare to get started... once I'm > satisfied that it will work for me I'll go buy the ALIX. Is there an > easy way to create a VMWare image, or do I just make the ISO and "boot" > from that. That's probably the easiest. Please read the message archives as alot of information is stored there. There's also some information on the http://www.astlinux.org website. Darrick -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com http://www.djhsolutions.com/wiki ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
