[Asterisk-Users] simple over view of the process
Hello All, Please forgive the lack of understanding as of yet but I have been trying to follow the mailing list messages over the last few days and would like to know if someone could wither point me into the right direction or possibly give me a brief overview of the complete process. Basically, I see that the Asterisk PBX systems can run on linux and seems to offer the engine base that is needed for the SIP clients to connect. Additionally, it seems that the various hardware (of which I have no idea) if installed into the server will allow the SIP clients to communicate with analog lines. What inexpensive hardware is need to set up a basic system? Thanks, -Lonnie ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] simple over view of the process
Digium is the company behind the Hardware to Asterisk. Try its website: http://www.digium.com They have a developers kit that could reach your needs. Denis. Em Seg 17 Jan 2005 14:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Hello All, Please forgive the lack of understanding as of yet but I have been trying to follow the mailing list messages over the last few days and would like to know if someone could wither point me into the right direction or possibly give me a brief overview of the complete process. Basically, I see that the Asterisk PBX systems can run on linux and seems to offer the engine base that is needed for the SIP clients to connect. Additionally, it seems that the various hardware (of which I have no idea) if installed into the server will allow the SIP clients to communicate with analog lines. What inexpensive hardware is need to set up a basic system? Thanks, -Lonnie ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- D e n i s G a l v ã o iSolve - Solve Is Our Business Av. Candido de Abreu, 526 1206B CEP: 80530-000 - Curitiba - PR +55 41 252-2977 http://www.isolve.com.br ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] simple over view of the process
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, Please forgive the lack of understanding as of yet but I have been trying to follow the mailing list messages over the last few days and would like to know if someone could wither point me into the right direction or possibly give me a brief overview of the complete process. Start here: www.asteriskdocs.org Then read this: http://www.digium.com/handbook-draft.pdf Ultimately, here is where the most information can be found: www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk When you've done all that, the Users list and IRC will be a great place to come and brainstorm. Basically, I see that the Asterisk PBX systems can run on linux and seems to offer the engine base that is needed for the SIP clients to connect. For pure SIP, you may want to look at SER. Asterisk is not as powerful on the SIP side of things, but is overall more powerful due to it's support of all the major voice standards (both legacy and VoIP). It's an incredible engine, but it comes with a price: there is a lot to learn. Spend a few hours reading, get a Linux system you can play with, download it, and take the time to play. Don't know Linux? You WILL suffer. Learn Linux first (gotta crawl before . . . ) Additionally, it seems that the various hardware (of which I have no idea) if installed into the server will allow the SIP clients to communicate with analog lines. Asterisk can act as a gateway, yes. What inexpensive hardware is need to set up a basic system? As a learning exercise, Digium's development kit is how many get their start. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 16/01/2005 ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] simple over view of the process
I purchased a $299 kit from the VOIP Connection http://www.thevoipconnection.com/store/catalog/product_16215_Asterisk_St arter_Kit.html It comes with a install CD, book about Astrerisk, a quad line card, and a VoIP phone. Seems like a reasonable price to pay to sample it. I will be installing it to a desktop computer and creating four analog lines to use on the line card. If all goes well we will then move to build a Asterisk system to handle 1500 lines (including 650-700 of those converted back to analog). The cost of doing this is way less than bringing in another Nortel , Cisco, or Avaya PBX. Of course my concern is to create a redundancy type system. With Nortel I am use to their failover system. Larry Gyrion Telecommunications Administrator Manchester College 604 East College Ave North Manchester, IN 46962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:13 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] simple over view of the process Hello All, Please forgive the lack of understanding as of yet but I have been trying to follow the mailing list messages over the last few days and would like to know if someone could wither point me into the right direction or possibly give me a brief overview of the complete process. Basically, I see that the Asterisk PBX systems can run on linux and seems to offer the engine base that is needed for the SIP clients to connect. Additionally, it seems that the various hardware (of which I have no idea) if installed into the server will allow the SIP clients to communicate with analog lines. What inexpensive hardware is need to set up a basic system? Thanks, -Lonnie ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] simple over view of the process
You have already had several good answers but none included these intro articles by John Todd which IMO are an excellent intro to the whole thing: Starting from zero: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/07/03/asterisk.html The second article adds a bit of hardware to interface with PSTN http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/01/22/asterisk2.html The excellent effort http://asteriskdocs.org (I think I contributed about 6 lines here) contains some interesting, easy to assimilate concepts by showing how a movie theater might make an IVR menu, for example. Every day, 10 people come to IRC and ask questions that show they haven't the foggiest idea what a dialplan, a context or an extension priority is. Reading just the above three docs will give you that and a lot more. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
