Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread JD Austin
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 19:46, Kevin Fries wrote: > We were fond of trixbox for the server along with GrandStream phones. > > Just another $0.02 opinon. > > Kevin Fries > Grandstream phones work well and are fairly cheap. I don't know about the newer ones but the older ones (Budget Tone/GX2000

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread Kevin Fries
o rout... Yep :) Lack of any real constraints is what Open Source is all about :) Freeswitch I believe will eventually overtake Asterisk as the Open Source telephony engine. When FreePBX fully supports it I'll give it a serious try. JD --- PLU

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread JD Austin
Lisa Kachold wrote: > > > Yes and it's really not saying much to any old PBX people or switch people > or even Cisco router jockeys that it's "asterisk saavy" but once you play > around in a soft switch there is really just nothing comparable than &g

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
make them work (registration and other issues at first) and I had to roll >> my own directory code but that wasn't that hard. >> >> Polycom makes great phones and so does Aastra. The main reason I like >> Aastra over Polycom isn't that their phones are better (they&

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread JD Austin
hard. > > Polycom makes great phones and so does Aastra. The main reason I like > Aastra over Polycom isn't that their phones are better (they're on par with > Polycom phones) but that they're much more asterisk savvy and way more > approachable (I'm nobody and I ha

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread JD Austin
Maybe they used to be but their US base is here now (I've been there a bunch of times): *Xorcom USA* 23309 North 17th Drive Suite #100 Phoenix, AZ 85027 USA Tel:* 1-866-XORCOM1* (*1-866-967-2661*) Fax: (623) 516-8697 http://www.xorcomusa.com *info@xorcom.com* * * Are you guys st

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread James Finstrom
R3000 servers > are fine; they will be coming out with a more powerful XR1000 soon > thankfully. > > Sangoma also makes fine Asterisk telephony hardware. I haven't tried any of > the Chinese Digium knockoffs and probably never will. I don't recommend > mixing different ven

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread JD Austin
r that Xorcom sells as it is >> too underpowered to expand (ok for demos) but the XR2000 and XR3000 servers >> are fine; they will be coming out with a more powerful XR1000 soon >> thankfully. >> > > Yes, I agree! > > voip-info.org is a one stop reference for all

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
gt; are fine; they will be coming out with a more powerful XR1000 soon > thankfully. > Yes, I agree! voip-info.org is a one stop reference for all things Asterisk, BTW. > > Sangoma also makes fine Asterisk telephony hardware. I haven't tried any > of the Chinese Digium kno

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread JD Austin
times significantly less). That said... I don't care for the XR1000 server that Xorcom sells as it is too underpowered to expand (ok for demos) but the XR2000 and XR3000 servers are fine; they will be coming out with a more powerful XR1000 soon thankfully. Sangoma also makes fine Asterisk

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
h Guy > http://www.opentechguy.com > Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) > j...@opentechguy.com > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Xorcom USA > Technical Support > jd.aus...@xorcom.com > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 14:05, Hunter Kreie wrote: > >> Could anyone

Re: Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread JD Austin
http://www.opentechguy.com Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@opentechguy.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Xorcom USA Technical Support jd.aus...@xorcom.com On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 14:05, Hunter Kreie wrote: > Could anyone recommend a consultant or firm that provides Asterisk based >

Asterisk PBX support / vendor

2010-10-20 Thread Hunter Kreie
Could anyone recommend a consultant or firm that provides Asterisk based phone system support / installation? Thanks. I would love the flexibility of having a Linux based PBX, but if I need some local resources who have worked extensively with Asterisk based systems to reach out to when I get

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-26 Thread Bryan O'Neal
LOL - True! Don't forget that you are no longer getting power from the telco. We had a fairly fat 1500Wh UPS that powered all of our VoiP equipment and a file server. Including ~40 phones and in a power outage it lasted over 30 min. On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Ed wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 201

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-26 Thread Ed
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > It happens ;) > One talent I learned as an accountant was how to make very pretty > graphs that mean nearly nothing and do great presentations from them > ;) > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Kevin Brown wrote: >> Thanks for all the respon

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-25 Thread Bryan O'Neal
It happens ;) One talent I learned as an accountant was how to make very pretty graphs that mean nearly nothing and do great presentations from them ;) On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Kevin Brown wrote: > Thanks for all the responses. They've helped me find the price range I was > needing for th

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-25 Thread Kevin Brown
Thanks for all the responses. They've helped me find the price range I was needing for the presentation and the names at a few companies that could help out should anything come of this. I'm sorry I was so vague, but, well, it's not like I really had a whole lot of information to go on, heheh.

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-25 Thread James Finstrom
Well being that this is what I do I guess I will pipe up. Asterisk should be fine but you may also want to search for Freeswitch. If you dont know asterisk and have to learn anyway Freeswitch may be a good option. If you want the most painless entry in to Asterisk you will want to use a pre-made

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-25 Thread JD Austin
These two books will help you climb the learning curve: Asterisk the future of telephony: http://astbook.asteriskdocs.org/ Without Tears books: http://members.optusnet.com.au/bsharif/contributions.htm There is some helpful stuff here too: http://nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=216 On Mon, May 24

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-25 Thread JD Austin
can't give out a whole lot of information >>> as I >>> haven't been able to get any of my questions answered (this was dumped on >>> me >>> today and wanted by Wed. morning along with servers, switches, Internet >>> access, etc...). >>> &g

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-24 Thread Bryan O'Neal
If you are moving to analog phones it works the same way. If your using SIP phones it is all over IP so you just plug the RJ45 into the phone, into the wall, which runs to your switch and your PBX plugs into the switch. Easy as pie :) I too recommend separating your data and voice network. With yo

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-24 Thread Kevin Brown
Got a bit of info via email (gotta remember to not bother asking the boss as he won't give up anything). When looking at a VoIP PBX you need to consider a number of things. For example what kind of network do you have, do you already have a clean cat5e or better PoE network or do you need to up

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-24 Thread matt . nesteruk
codec from digicom I think it sounds nice. -Matt Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: "Bryan O'Neal" Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 22:13:21 To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Asterisk or other option? When looking at a VoIP P

Re: Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-24 Thread Bryan O'Neal
When looking at a VoIP PBX you need to consider a number of things. For example what kind of network do you have, do you already have a clean cat5e or better PoE network or do you need to upgrade / install equipment or wiring. What kind of hand offs will you be using SIP, POTS, T1, etc.? Do you cur

Asterisk or other option?

2010-05-24 Thread Kevin Brown
I'm trying to spec out a PBX or similar system for a startup company. The requirements for such a system would be 10-15 phones (either analog or digital phones), 1 or 2 fax lines (obviously analog) and voicemail for same, as well as the recommended link to the outside world. Mostly I'm trying t

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread James Finstrom
125.00 > +$110.00=$1419 > > > Rita Rudner - "When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his > first name was Always." > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:12 PM, James Finstrom < > jfinst...@rhinoequipment.com> wrote: > >> One of our pre-built systems for w

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread JD Austin
onnections with the same DID (Direct Inward Dial) number. To build an asterisk based system yourself you need a computer to run it on (1.5GHZ+ Intel/AMD with 512MB+ of ram, 80G+ hard drive), hardware to interface it with the PSTN (public switched telephone network) unless you're oing all voip, a

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread JD Austin
ight I had no idea that his first name was Always." On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:12 PM, James Finstrom < jfinst...@rhinoequipment.com> wrote: > One of our pre-built systems for what you want.. > Let me say I do not recommend fax through asterisk people do it I would say > i

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread James Finstrom
One of our pre-built systems for what you want.. Let me say I do not recommend fax through asterisk people do it I would say it's your hair. All of this is based on prices in our online store: Ceros (Pre installed asterisk server) $1099.00 24 port Base card $280 3 FXO Modules (6 channels

RE: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
d accessing the various VOIP resources. www.Obnosis.com | http://wiki.obnosis.com | http://hackfest.obnosis.com (503)754-4452 PLUG HACKFESTS - http://uat.edu Second Saturday of Each Month Noon - 3PM Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:07:37 -0800 From: klsmith2...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: GrandCentral via As

RE: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread keith smith
rough 15 year old technology and things have changes significantly.  For instance I worked at a place that had a trunk of about 100 lines as I recall. Keith Smith --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Lisa Kachold wrote: From: Lisa Kachold Subject: RE: GrandCentral via Asterisk To:

RE: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
Yes, I agree with j...@twingeckos.com: I have been a Stromberg Carlson Central Office DCO Technician, Senior Voice/Data Network Analyst for Nike, VOIP Engineer for AffinityVoipTelecom.com and Support Engineer Manager for RhinoEquipment.com Asterisk can do a great deal all based on the

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread JD Austin
He was a big supporter of Asterisk early on, I hope he lands on his feet in better shape. I'm he could roll a better Trixbox than what they're delivering. -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC j...@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com E. B. White -

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread Joe Fleming
And do you have a tutorial? I'd love to set something like that up! This discussion may just be motivation enough to set Asterisk back up. I have a Grandstream Handytone-286 with a cordless phone hooked up to it. I have an account with SIPPhone/Gizmo, a free 360 number from ipkall.com and for $5/yea

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread James Finstrom
XInAFlash uses Centos 5 but compiles all of > the asterisk components from source (which is what you have to do most of > the time to fix Trixbox). > 5. Unlike a lot of other distributions PBXInAFlash doesn't try to hide that > FreePBX is doing all of he real magic that those dist

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-20 Thread JD Austin
pen source project but don't really act like one. 4. Trixbox is RPM based , and PBXInAFlash uses Centos 5 but compiles all of the asterisk components from source (which is what you have to do most of the time to fix Trixbox). 5. Unlike a lot of other distributions PBXInAFlash doesn't try to

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-19 Thread James Finstrom
As far as I am aware grand central was cool a year ago but slowly faded in to obscurity. Asterisk can be as powerful as a stealth bomber or cripled to the level of a yugo all depending on the end user. I did a presentation a few months ago the slides are on postug.com. As far as features go the

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-19 Thread Stephen
Asterisk can do that, but it can take allot of work and customization How much are you after You cn look up trixbox for a decent package On 1/19/09, Kurt Granroth wrote: > I know that there are some people on this list that use Asterisk a > decent bit. Those that do... are you familia

RE: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-19 Thread Lisa Kachold
: asterisktutorials.com - search for trixbox. Simple setup How-Tos exist at voip-info.org Course you can get a fine PSTN SIP trunk from axvoice.com for $9.99 a month or buy FX0 cards for a phone line (or lines). You can buy a drop and dial asterisk based configuration from Jim Rhodes over at

Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-19 Thread JD Austin
Asterisk is the engine that enables pstn/voip connectivity (think linux kernel). Asterisk when bundled with other open source software can do all the things GrandCentral does and more provided you give it the connectivity it needs to do so (PSTN or voip). A good place to start is with PBXInAFlash

GrandCentral via Asterisk

2009-01-19 Thread Kurt Granroth
I know that there are some people on this list that use Asterisk a decent bit. Those that do... are you familiar with GrandCentral? If so, how do they compare? http://www.grandcentral.com/home/features I really like the control that something like GrandCentral gives you. The ability to choose

Fwd: Xorcom Asterisk PBX Solutions Newsletter - Sept 2008

2008-09-11 Thread Shawn Badger
I am passing this on for anyone that is interested going to Astricon and getting a 15% discount. -- Forwarded message -- From: Xorcom Ltd. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:55 AM Subject: Xorcom Asterisk PBX Solutions Newsletter - Sept 2008 To: "[EMAI

Re: Survelliance in America - Linux/Asterisk (Trixbox), Truth Detection, Call Volume. Voice Analysis

2008-06-28 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Judd Pickell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps I missed something back when all the hoopla was happening > about the monitoring that was going on. But I could have sworn that > what came out was that not only were phones being actively watched, > but also the dat

Re: Survelliance in America - Linux/Asterisk (Trixbox), Truth Detection, Call Volume. Voice Analysis

2008-06-28 Thread Judd Pickell
Perhaps I missed something back when all the hoopla was happening about the monitoring that was going on. But I could have sworn that what came out was that not only were phones being actively watched, but also the data lines in and out of the country. My understanding of how the internet is setup

Survelliance in America - Linux/Asterisk (Trixbox), Truth Detection, Call Volume. Voice Analysis

2008-06-28 Thread Lisa Kachold
monitoring even when you are not talking on it! An Asterisk Server can be built on Linux also where we can forward or provide ring groups that also record all two-way communications, while also providing dial-around to offset minute costs (get unlimited Call-HOME to the Asterisk number for

Survelliance in America - Linux/Asterisk (Trixbox), Truth Detection, Call Volume. Voice Analysis

2008-06-27 Thread Lisa Kachold
travelers or interesting foreign parties be any different?  Turn up your cell BlueTooth Volume and/or get J2EE recording PDA add-in applications for your cell phones.  With many speaker cell phones monitoring staff can open your phone for monitoring even when you are not talking on it! An Asterisk

Re: east side meeting and asterisk stuff

2008-03-29 Thread R P Herrold
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Geek Girl wrote: > Lol it has noting to do with the spec file it has to do with > trixbox not being stable... ... but 'trixbox' is not asterisk; in the #centos IRC channel on freenode, where I might be found daily, my lieutenants and I regularly are bese

Re: east side meeting and asterisk stuff

2008-03-28 Thread JD Austin
avoid Trixbox - bad karma, and 2)here is a vote for a compile from source. It would be interesting to cover the dependencies Asterisk just has to have as well as the various compiler and configure options. I am looking at installing onto an OpenBSD box and have heard Asterisk can be installed on a Noki

Re: east side meeting and asterisk stuff

2008-03-28 Thread Ed
ld like to avoid Trixbox - bad karma, and 2)here is a vote for a compile from source. It would be interesting to cover the dependencies Asterisk just has to have as well as the various compiler and configure options. I am looking at installing onto an OpenBSD box and have heard Asterisk can be ins

Re: east side meeting and asterisk stuff

2008-03-28 Thread Geek Girl
: Friday, March 28, 2008 3:33 PM Subject: east side meeting and asterisk stuff > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I recommend PIAF because you can see it from the source >>level without having to deal with crappy RPM's > > If the rpms are poorly writ

east side meeting and asterisk stuff

2008-03-28 Thread R P Herrold
ivial. see: http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Rpm or use mine; if you have a problem with their form, and it is a well formed objection, I'll glady improve them. Just send a private email. ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/asterisk/ This set is a bit old in the ersi

east side meeting and asterisk stuff

2008-03-28 Thread geekgirl28
Ok cool let me know what everyone wants to see... I recommend PIAF because you can see it from the source level without having to deal with crappy RPM's --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe,

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-04 Thread Geek Girl
h 04, 2008 7:05 PM Subject: Re: Asterisk (geek girl) > On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 18:57 -0700, Geek Girl wrote: >> Honestly I dont think Kerry has that type of decision in the project as >> far >> as budgeting their salary etc since Fonality baught trixbox out >> Also you

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 18:57 -0700, Geek Girl wrote: > Honestly I dont think Kerry has that type of decision in the project as far > as budgeting their salary etc since Fonality baught trixbox out > Also you need to factor in their MAJOR corperate contributors > I am under the genera

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-04 Thread Geek Girl
D]> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:19 PM Subject: Re: Asterisk (geek girl) > On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 08:25 -0700, JD Austin wrote: >> Craig White wrote: > >> > that was really, really bad. I found that this comment from Kerry >&

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-04 Thread Craig White
> I could see hosting the entire server on the internet as a service but > not part of it. > > I agree with your assessment of Kerry's statements. > Kerry was a pretty respected guy in the Asterisk community. Now I'm > not so sure. > The big problem with TB is that

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-04 Thread JD Austin
Craig White wrote: On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 20:33 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- I would imagine that an Asterisk Users Group would generate a substantial amount of interest and I hope that if this happens, someone will post up info on me

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 20:33 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Well the Phoenix Asterisk Users Group is going to be organizing. I do know > > this first hand. =-) > > > > I don't supposed you would care to exp

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-04 Thread JD Austin
l Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:33 PM Subject: Re: Asterisk (geek girl) Quoting Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Well the Phoenix Asterisk Users Group is going to be organizing. I do know this firs

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-03 Thread Geek Girl
nstall and initial "phone home" - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:33 PM Subject: Re: Asterisk (geek girl) > Quoting Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Well the Phoeni

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-03 Thread tjones
Quoting Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well the Phoenix Asterisk Users Group is going to be organizing. I do know > this first hand. =-) > I don't supposed you would care to expand on this? > Alas AdminsParadise is officialy a dead project. > Elastix has hylafa

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-02 Thread Geek Girl
- From: "Michael March" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 11:28 AM Subject: Re: Asterisk (geek girl) > Right at this thread started I was helping my friend with a Trixbox > 2.X install.. The last time I tried Trixbox it

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-02 Thread Michael March
ystem to work on your own PBX for some options.. It just didn't feel right. I move to PBX in a Flash last night.. I'm almost done configuring the system.. Awesome. (A side note, its annoying that the Ubuntu folks are so behind in supporting Asterisk.. what up with that?) On Sun, Mar 2, 2

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-02 Thread Geek Girl
Well the Phoenix Asterisk Users Group is going to be organizing. I do know this first hand. =-) Alas AdminsParadise is officialy a dead project. Elastix has hylafax bundeled in thier distro... The biggest problem right now with trixbox is that there are 4 people that work on it...2 developers

Re: Asterisk (geek girl)

2008-03-02 Thread JD Austin
I used trixbox until Fonality took them over. The problem with trixbox and it's predecessor [EMAIL PROTECTED] was that releases were seldom released without major issues. I spent more time fixing delivered bugs than anything else. The upside of that is that I learned a lot about asteris

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-29 Thread tjones
Thanks for the tip. Next time I've got the box up I'll give it a try. Certainly can't make it any worse. Quoting Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > correction... > > /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf > > sorry about that...its been a lng day lol > > >

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-29 Thread Geek Girl
correction... /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf sorry about that...its been a lng day lol - Original Message - From: "Geek Girl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:38 PM Subject: Re: Asterisk Have you tried bu

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-29 Thread Geek Girl
Have you tried bumping up your rxgain a bit in /etc/zapata.conf abit...just by a few digits... This helps in some cases...Depending on what card you have you can monitor zttool and see if zaptel is letting go of the line or if it is asterisk hanging on to the line. Then at least you would have

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-29 Thread tjones
FXO I've been playing with Asterisk off and on for a few months, it interoperates with POTS just fine with my configuration. I have found, though, that I have trouble detecting when cell phones hang up. Of course, I have cheap hardware, so it's not all that surprising. Quoting &quo

Asterisk to FXO or FXS

2008-02-29 Thread geekgirl28
If you have a phone line coming in you will need an FXO card. It is good to remember that FXS provides the voltage, and FXO receives the voltage. Rhino cards are a great and dependable solution for this! ;) --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-disc

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-29 Thread Shawn Badger
I had JD Austin set up an office on the Admin Paradise distro for a friend of mine. So far no complaints. On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you like > using? Or do you just build up

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-28 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:14 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 28. Feb, 2008 schwätzte Geek Girl so: > > moin moin, > >> Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you >> like using? Or do you just build up from a base distro? > > Sequoia is using Asterisk f

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-28 Thread der.hans
Am 28. Feb, 2008 schwätzte Geek Girl so: moin moin, Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you like using? Or do you just build up from a base distro? Sequoia is using Asterisk for several campuses, including the ones that host our meetings. Brian also setup Asterisk to

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-28 Thread tjones
I'm currently running PBX in a Flash from nerdvittles.com. Simple set up, detects my cheap hardware. Before that, trixbox. Quoting Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you like using? > Or do you just build up f

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-28 Thread Anthony Boynes
At work we run it on Centos 4.5. Runs fine. Very stable. On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Geek Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you like using? > Or do you just build up

Asterisk

2008-02-28 Thread Geek Girl
Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you like using? Or do you just build up from a base distro?--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings

voip and asterisk

2007-12-26 Thread Jared Shapiro
I am looking for a local consultant to assist me with a small asterisk setup. I am a complete newbie and would like to learn more about setting up and deploying voip solutions. I have enlisted a couple of small businesses that are willing to be my 'guinea pigs' so if you are interes

Re: BOOK: Asterisk, The Future of Telephony

2007-12-17 Thread Kevin Brown
> well, if anyone still needs it, I am saving a local caopy that I can mail out > if needed I just got a copy off the site, so it is still up there. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or

Re: BOOK: Asterisk, The Future of Telephony

2007-12-17 Thread Technomage-hawke
well, if anyone still needs it, I am saving a local caopy that I can mail out if needed On Monday 17 December 2007 16:21, Nathan Aubrey wrote: > I don't know if any of you guys realize or not, but O'Reilly book is > available free on the asterisk web site. > > http:

Re: BOOK: Asterisk, The Future of Telephony

2007-12-17 Thread Shawn Badger
Darn, I just bought this book a couple weeks ago :( On Dec 17, 2007 4:21 PM, Nathan Aubrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know if any of you guys realize or not, but O'Reilly book is available > free on the asterisk web site. > > http://www.asteriskdo

BOOK: Asterisk, The Future of Telephony

2007-12-17 Thread Nathan Aubrey
I don't know if any of you guys realize or not, but O'Reilly book is available free on the asterisk web site. http://www.asteriskdocs.org/ Not sure if this is permanent or what, but grab it while you can! nathan --- PLUG-discuss ma

Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread JD Austin
ut no one can ever hear me. I suspect I could somehow remedy it, but its funnier broken. Austin It may not be you :) Broadvoice is a horrid voip provider. I used them for about 6 months, it was hit or miss; I was never happy. Check that you're forwarding the right ports to your phone (o

Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Thanks for all of the information, JD. My apologies to der.hans for hijacking his thread. On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 09:19:36AM -0700, JD Austin wrote: > Yes, you can have Asterisk handle faxes/etc and even use that second line > for outbound dialing when you don't have incoming faxe

Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread JD Austin
Yes, you can have Asterisk handle faxes/etc and even use that second line for outbound dialing when you don't have incoming faxes. Trixbox uses asterfax which captures faxes well and sends them to email. Adminsparadise uses hylafax and works both directions; pretty slick setup. It

Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread Austin Godber
JD wrote: > As far as ip phones...polycom, aastra, snom are good; grandstream 2000 is ok; > stay away from grandstream budget phones. I have a grandstream 2000 that I use with broadvoice. Actually, it's misconfigured somehow so calls will ring or dial out but no one can ever hear me. I suspec

Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread JD Austin
on anymore) and started looking at alternatives such as adminsparadise (adminsparadise.com) since they're much closer to what I'd build from scratch if I had the time. I use it as a jumping off point and immediately upgrade all of the components (asterisk, freepbx, avantfax,etc) an

Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I, too, would like to eventually get Asterisk set up at hy mouse if for no other reason to say I have my own PBX (not to mention the extensive features that Asterisk has). I'm thinking of installing [EMAIL PROTECTED] (now TrixBox). Fortunately my entire house (phone jacks and network jacks

Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread chip33az
D'oh! I was going to look at the GS budget phones (for the price). Thanks for the information. I have a spare box that I was going to set up over the weekend with Trixbox and see how it works. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Asterisk is cool! If you're going all voip you don't nee

RE: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread JD
Asterisk is cool! If you're going all voip you don't need pstn hardware. Sangoma and rhino cards are usually less expensive and have built in echo cancellation. The x100p cards aren't very good; get tdm400 card if you go digium. As far as ip phones...polycom, aastra

Re: asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-26 Thread chip33az
I will be looking into Asterisk very shortly as my company will no longer pay for my home office phone line. I have Vonage now and like it, but it costs more than I use. I'm thinking of going with VoicePulse for the long distance/phone service. Have you looked at the actual digium

asterisk: forward disconnect and Cox

2007-09-25 Thread der.hans
moin moin, still trying to get Asterisk working in my spare nanoseconds. I found documentation suggestion I verify that "disconnect supervision" aka "forward disconnect" is enabled. I hadn't realized we have Cox phone service rather than Qwest. Sorry for not having tha

Re: asterisk: delay to answer

2007-08-06 Thread der.hans
Am 06. Aug, 2007 schw�tzte Mike Schwartz so: moin moin, On 8/4/07, der.hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: moin moin, trying to get Asterisk setup. I've got a card with a POTS line plugged in. I can get it to pick up almost immediated by setting s,1 to Answer, but I want it to

Re: asterisk: delay to answer

2007-08-06 Thread Mike Schwartz
On 8/4/07, der.hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > moin moin, > > trying to get Asterisk setup. I've got a card with a POTS line plugged > in. > > I can get it to pick up almost immediated by setting s,1 to Answer, but I > want it to delay a few rings an

Re: asterisk: listening for sip - solved

2007-08-06 Thread der.hans
Am 04. Aug, 2007 schw�tzte der.hans so: moin moin, figured it out. moin moin, I'm trying to allow POTS phones hooked up to a Sipura SPA-2002 to talk to my Asterisk server. Same for soft phones, but I figure that if I get one working the other will work as well. It looks like Asterisk

asterisk: listening for sip

2007-08-04 Thread der.hans
moin moin, I'm trying to allow POTS phones hooked up to a Sipura SPA-2002 to talk to my Asterisk server. Same for soft phones, but I figure that if I get one working the other will work as well. It looks like Asterisk isn't listening for SIP devices to register themselves. I've ad

asterisk: delay to answer

2007-08-04 Thread der.hans
moin moin, trying to get Asterisk setup. I've got a card with a POTS line plugged in. I can get it to pick up almost immediated by setting s,1 to Answer, but I want it to delay a few rings and give a chance to answer the phone. Most of the documentation I'm seeing is saying to us

Asterisk conference in Phx

2007-07-23 Thread der.hans
moin moin, This might be of interest to some of us. http://www.astricon.net/?q=node/51 That would be the same time as the west side meeting for September. Anybody have contacts that might get one of the presenters coming in town to present at the west side mtg as well? ciao, der.hans -- # ht