RE: [asterisk-users] A very lost newbie.

[Brian Vincent \(C\)]

I really think the best way to learn Asterisk is to start with the Trixbox distribution (www.trixbox.org).  You can quickly do some very complicated things – IVR’s, extensions, trunks, etc.  In the end, trixbox just writes out the configuration into the normal /etc/asterisk files and you can see what it’s doing.  From there you can begin modifying examples, etc.  ------------------- Brian Vincent Copper Mountain Telecom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David R. Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 4:40 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] A very lost newbie.   Here's my situation.  I'm a programmer at the ISP I work for and my supervisors have seen fit for me to become an administrator for our new ventures into the VoIP world.  All of us are relatively new at this jazz, though naturally my higher ups have more experience than I.  We're toying with VoIP a lot in the office, and I personally feel like I'm fairly far behind them in knowledge of it all. I've done some studying the past day or two, and I grasp the basic principles of VoIP, Asterisk, and SER/OpenSER, and about 5% of the hardware involved in all of it (programmer; software guy).  I'd like to catch up to them as quickly as possible so I can be of most use.  Here's what I have available to me, and what I've done so far: AVAILABLE: - A box with OpenBSD (my preferred OS for most production servers) - Asterisk installed on the box. - One IP Phone DONE: - Installed Asterisk. - Written this e-mail.  :) I'm wondering where to begin.  I have Asterisk installed but don't know how to go about getting my IP phone to work with it.  To start, I'd like to make calls only internally on my home network (not even screwing with my company's network yet; they're further along into configs than I want to get into just yet) to a soft phone that Ubuntu Dapper Drake (my OS at home) comes with. My question is this: Where can I find good starter documentation(s) for my purposes? Thank you, David ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s),  are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review,  retransmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly  prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this  message and any attachments from your system. Thank you. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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