On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:13 AM, dimitris <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/17/2009 09:03 AM, William Otten wrote: > > OK guys > > My SipXecs experience: > > When it comes down to it, if you are a home user, what's best Sipx or > > Trixbox? You have to ask yourself, what's most important? IM with video > > or voice mail attachments if you have a pubic ip address? Also what > > about the ease of installation and use. I choose Trixbox based on my own > > experience using both products. Tribox has a couple of guides to help > > you get through the learning curve. Both products have there advantages > > and dis-advantages but if you are a novice using both products you would > > be up an running in hours using Trixbox. Sorry guys thats my experience > > so far. Thanks for the help and support but it takes someone of > > programming knowledge to get sipx to an acceptable level. Kep up the > > good work! My experience was wonderful with you. I hope I helped > > expanded sipxecs. > > _______________________________________________ > > sipx-users mailing list [email protected] > > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users > > Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users > > sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/ > > > > > You must not forget , that a novice user, some time will become > experienced... so i think it is not correct to focus a problem around a > completely novice user. > > PS: My experience from both products, is the opposite one > > with respect > > dim hatzi - Greece > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users > Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users > sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/ > sipX can be used in a home environment, but remember it's built for enterprises. The sipxecs book details what basic skills would be needed. If I hosted my DNS and email with someone with the proper capabilities (not 1and1, etc.), I would not experience a problem. Remember the lowest cost providers are lowest for a reason. Driving a car in subtropical heat without air conditioning can still get you where you are going, but it makes for an uncomfortable ride. I know with the proper DNS and email hosts, people on here have successfully deployed sipx with a dynamic IP at home, because they understood and read the docs, and had the correct ingredients to allow a successful implementation. I think in your case you installed it, then asked questions after you started having issues and tried to force a way to do something that was not supported or never done, because (postifx, etc.) your preferred method or package was something you knew how to do. I totally understand that. I know people on here deploy hundreds of users in a single day from scratch with sipx, and this can never be done in the same scale or efficiency and centralized control in the same amount of time with any * based package. I have a habit of repeating myself with this phrase "Adapt and survive, or become a dinosaur with limited lifespan." In the IT admin circles it means learning to adapt to the cloud based services, read/learn/understand new technologies even if you don't feel they are necessary. Having a fuller or better understanding of the technologies you are deploying now, including DNS, which is important to understand in an enterprise level. Like even though I don't see a lot of my customers deploying IPv6, I still have to know what it is and what all those extra characters mean. My experience with other open source PBX systems brought me "to" sipx back in version 3.4 I think. I'm sure * based stuff has evolved since this post, http://www.myitdepartment.net/content/view/18/52/ While you say people say 99.00 per month is the minimum to pay for your own DNS server, I'll say that's bunk. 1. Static Ip address for sipx at home. 2. DNS hosted by some entity who lets you create/edit SRV records (like GoDaddy, though i use Hostgator for that, and there are a lot of others out there). 3. Email hosted where it would not matter what host is sending as long as DNS says it is allowed (ex: google apps or other hosted email with sipx on a public IP behind a firewall and DNS hosted elsewhere). None of the above is really pricey, but it's not cheap webhosting at 4.99 per month for unlimited bandwidth. I don't think your experiences has been typical, you just never really started with the right ingredients necessary to have a successful deployment. I might suggest you buy at least the electronic version of the book if you were interested in deploying sipx, it really does present you with all the necessary information you need to gather before deploying in order to be successful. - Tony
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