Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk book feedback
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:45:09 -0600 Ross C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious what everyone (as in, the people that have read it or use it) thinks about the O'Reilly Asterisk book. I'd really like to delve into the nitty gritty of Asterisk, but I'm getting kinda tired of swimming through forums and Google results. I've been reading the wiki off and on for about a week now, but I'm wondering if a book would be the way to go to get a solid foundation. My IT career for the past 10 years has been based off of learn-as-I-go methods, but I'd really like to learn asterisk the right way. I have a couple Asterisk servers up and running and in use, but they're very small systems (~10 extensions, connected to 3 or 4 pots lines). I have some clients that want to use VOIP, but they're bigger businesses, and I'm not yet comfortable enough to roll out a bigger system. So if there are any other methods for learning Asterisk that I should consider, please do tell! Any opinions (on the book or otherwise) appreciated. Thanks! Well, the book is freely available for download as a pdf, so you can check it out yourself and see what you think. The general consensus here seemed to be that the book was an excellent resource. If you find the pdf version as useful as I think you will, I would strongly suggest purchasing a hard copy. The price is good for what you get, and the authors put a LOT of work into it. Regards, Ozz. (Not affiliated with the book in any way) pgpQweVkjHDSP.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk book feedback
The book is a great *starting* point, IMHO. If you've spent a considerable amount of time reading other sources, you probably won't find much new information in the book. OTOH, you may find that its organized approach helps consolidate what you've read. And if it clears up a couple of key concepts about dial plans, AGI, configuration, ZAP, or whatever, which you might be fuzzy about, it's probably worth the price. In addition, the appendices are a useful reference guide. Ross C wrote: Just curious what everyone (as in, the people that have read it or use it) thinks about the O'Reilly Asterisk book. I'd really like to delve into the nitty gritty of Asterisk, but I'm getting kinda tired of swimming through forums and Google results. I've been reading the wiki off and on for about a week now, but I'm wondering if a book would be the way to go to get a solid foundation. My IT career for the past 10 years has been based off of learn-as-I-go methods, but I'd really like to learn asterisk the right way. I have a couple Asterisk servers up and running and in use, but they're very small systems (~10 extensions, connected to 3 or 4 pots lines). I have some clients that want to use VOIP, but they're bigger businesses, and I'm not yet comfortable enough to roll out a bigger system. So if there are any other methods for learning Asterisk that I should consider, please do tell! Any opinions (on the book or otherwise) appreciated. Thanks! -ross ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk book feedback
On 12/13/2005 09:45:09 AM, Ross C wrote: Just curious what everyone (as in, the people that have read it or use it) thinks about the O'Reilly Asterisk book. I am just getting started. The book works for me. My gripe is the license. I can't submit improvements where I ran into gotchas, so I don't run into them again. I know that by the next time I set things up I'll have forgotten most of what I did wrong. Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free Software: You don't pay back, you pay forward. -- Robert A. Heinlein ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk book feedback
We made a review of it a while ago, if you wonder if you will like it, why not download the pdf and have a look for yourself ? http://www.asteriskguru.com/review.php Zoa. John Biundo wrote: The book is a great *starting* point, IMHO. If you've spent a considerable amount of time reading other sources, you probably won't find much new information in the book. OTOH, you may find that its organized approach helps consolidate what you've read. And if it clears up a couple of key concepts about dial plans, AGI, configuration, ZAP, or whatever, which you might be fuzzy about, it's probably worth the price. In addition, the appendices are a useful reference guide. Ross C wrote: Just curious what everyone (as in, the people that have read it or use it) thinks about the O'Reilly Asterisk book. I'd really like to delve into the nitty gritty of Asterisk, but I'm getting kinda tired of swimming through forums and Google results. I've been reading the wiki off and on for about a week now, but I'm wondering if a book would be the way to go to get a solid foundation. My IT career for the past 10 years has been based off of learn-as-I-go methods, but I'd really like to learn asterisk the right way. I have a couple Asterisk servers up and running and in use, but they're very small systems (~10 extensions, connected to 3 or 4 pots lines). I have some clients that want to use VOIP, but they're bigger businesses, and I'm not yet comfortable enough to roll out a bigger system. So if there are any other methods for learning Asterisk that I should consider, please do tell! Any opinions (on the book or otherwise) appreciated. Thanks! -ross ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk book feedback
Ross C wrote: Just curious what everyone (as in, the people that have read it or use it) thinks about the O'Reilly Asterisk book. I'd really like to delve into the nitty gritty of Asterisk, but I'm getting kinda tired of swimming through forums and Google results. I've been reading the wiki off and on for about a week now, but I'm wondering if a book would be the way to go to get a solid foundation. My IT career for the past 10 years has been based off of learn-as-I-go methods, but I'd really like to learn asterisk the right way. I have a couple Asterisk servers up and running and in use, but they're very small systems (~10 extensions, connected to 3 or 4 pots lines). I have some clients that want to use VOIP, but they're bigger businesses, and I'm not yet comfortable enough to roll out a bigger system. So if there are any other methods for learning Asterisk that I should consider, please do tell! Any opinions (on the book or otherwise) appreciated. Thanks! Another resource you might want to consider is Ted Wallingford's Switching to VoIP: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/switchingvoip/ It uses Asterisk extensively in examples and provides good coverage of concepts like QoS, codecs, etc. that are important considerations in many Asterisk deployments. Regards, -- Jason Becker Director CEO Coalescent Systems Inc. Enabling Open Source Telephony 403.244.8089 www.coalescentsystems.ca www.gabcast.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
