I'll second that... good reading so far, have not finished it though. Rich
------------------------ > The people who have been documenting Asterisk have been working on a book > for the last few months, it has been published by O'reilly (Asterisk-The > Future of Telephony)and is just now finding it's way into the major > bookstores, listed under Open-Source at Barns&Noble. > > While it will not answer everything asterisk can do, but its glossery and > and appendix are very helpful for quick reference. If you have been > following the Asterisk Documentation Project, some of it will be old hat, > but I'm looking forward to replacing my huge stack of printouts with it. > > It gives a pretty good overview of VOIP, Networking, Telephony, etc. > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk/ > > > >From: "Steve Totaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > >Discussion<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > >To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > >Discussion"<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > >Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] parameters documentation > >Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:17:01 -0400 > > > >There is plenty of documentation online for both the 3com and *. You have > >to have good search skills I guess. > > > >3com has the best knowledge base I have seen. > >http://knowledgebase.3com.com/ and there are tons of 3com dealers that can > >help. > > > >I think you may need to learn some basic networking before learning > >asterisk. NAT is a very basic concept in networking as well as ports such > >as 5060 (standard port for SIP). > > > >There is a very steep learning curve for asterisk and networking in > >general. > >If you want to learn it then you need to dig into the wiki and read all the > >posts that come across the user's list (well maybe not all of them). > > > >There are plenty of consultants that you can hire if you are not up to it. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > ><asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > >Cc: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > ><asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>; > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:34 AM > >Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] parameters documentation > > > > > > > I come from a NBX100 > > > No documentation available. > > > 1 day it starts saying: "syslog full" and voicemail stop working > > > No one was able to tell me what was the meaning of that alert > > > . > > > 3COM NBX anyway is a good product, but the price is too high, especially > >4 > > > years ago, and especially the price of the telephone is very high. > > > > > > Andrea > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "asterisk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > echnologies.com> > >To > > > Sent by: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - > > > asterisk-users-bo Non-Commercial Discussion" > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > > m.com > >cc > > > > > > > >Subject > > > 13/10/2005 16.13 Re: [Asterisk-Users] parameters > > > documentation > > > > > > Please respond to > > > Asterisk Users > > > Mailing List - > > > Non-Commercial > > > Discussion > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ists.digium.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "> I really hope this project will be implemented, without documentation > > > evrything is too hard" > > > > > > Not for the thousands of people that have figured it out. > > > > > > 3Com NBX might be more your speed and plenty of documentation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Really strange answer. I am non used to search on playboy.com. > > > > > > > > Anyway, if you try to search > > > > insecure=very > > > > on www.voip-info.org, you find 742 links , a bit more for me. (I just > > > want > > > > to know what it means) > > > > > > > > Moreovere, the first 20 links are non accessible at all > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-pagehistory.php?page=Asterisk+sip+insecure&diff=6 > > > > > > > > > > > they speak about tiki-pagehistory.php, which appears not to exist. > > > > > > > > no other comments about this. > > > > ************************************************************ > > > > > > > > I know about one project , "asterisk documentation project" > > > > > > > > http://www.asteriskdocs.org > > > > > > > > in its home page, the first line is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great software needs great documentation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I really hope this project will be implemented, without documentation > > > > evrything is too hard > > > > > > > > Andrea > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Steve Totaro" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > echnologies.com> > > > To > > > > Sent by: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - > > > > asterisk-users-bo Non-Commercial Discussion" > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ><asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > > > m.com > > > cc > > > > > > > > > > > Subject > > > > 12/10/2005 14.53 Re: [Asterisk-Users] parameters > > > > documentation > > > > > > > > Please respond to > > > > Asterisk Users > > > > Mailing List - > > > > Non-Commercial > > > > Discussion > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ists.digium.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > www.voip-info.org > > > > > > > > > Another trivial question: > > > > > > > > > > Is there a "place" where all the parameters are documented ? > > > > > In example (my example!) I would like to know the meaning of a lot > >of > > > > > parameter that can be used in sip.conf, > > > > > > > > > > A lot of these keywords are intuitive keywords (i.e. > > > > NAT=YES/NO;PORT=5060; > > > > > context=xxxxx) but other are not (at least for me) > > > > > i.e.: > > > > > > > > > > type = peer, friend > > > > > insecure=very > > > > > host=dynamic > > > > > > > > > > and so on. > > > > > > > > > > At last, my need is: > > > > > > > > > > Accept a non-registerd sip-strem from a well known ip address (and > >only > > > > > from that ip address....) > > > > > > > > > > I tried to add a > > > > > > > > > > [testsip] > > > > > ;username=testsip > > > > > type=friend > > > > > ;secret=testsip > > > > > qualify=no > > > > > port=5060 > > > > > nat=no > > > > > host=x.y.z.w > > > > > dtmfmode=rfc2833 > > > > > context=from-internal > > > > > canreinvite=no > > > > > callerid="test sip " <testsip> > > > > > > > > > > that would work if the sip would be registered. But the SIP client > >is > > > not > > > > > able to register. > > > > > > > > > > I solved using the > > > > > context = from-sip-external ; Send unknown SIP callers to this > >context > > > > > > > > > > and it works, but I have no more the control about who is sending me > > > SIP > > > > > stream (anybody now can use my asterisk box...) > > > > > > > > > > any help will be greatly appreciated > > > > > > > > > > Andrea > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/128 - Release Date: > > > 10/10/2005 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/130 - Release Date: > >10/12/05 > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >--Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > > >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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Dont just search. 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