Go to your book store and get the Fedora/Linux reference.
Get yourself a PC with 20GB drives, a CD burner, and decent ram. The PC
should have either an i386 or x86_64 processor. If you'll be purchasing
a PC, go to the computer store, purchase the piece parts, and assemble
it yourself (I like Athlon CPUs).
Since you have a PC and were able to post a message, go to
http://fedora.redhat.com and follow the links to Documentation and then
to Download. Follow the link for your PC's architecture (i386 or
x86_64) and then download the six ISO images. Burn each image to a CD.
Install Linux. Take all the defaults. Load all packages.
When it's running, login as root and open the browser. Go to
http://asterisk.org . Take the download tab and download the five
Asterisk 1.2 tar files into directory /usr/src.
'cd' to /usr/src.
Use 'tar xzf <file>' on each of the downloaded files.
Enter the zaptel directory and execute 'make', check for errors, and
then 'make install' and 'make config'.
Enter the libpri directory and execute 'make;make install'.
Enter the asterisk directory and execute 'make', 'make install', and
'make samples'.
Enter the asterisk-addons directory and execute 'make' and then 'make
install'
Enter the asterisk-sounds directory and execute 'make install'.
Execute 'service zaptel start'--this will load the zap drivers. These
will also load on reboot.
Execute 'asterisk -vvvvc'. This will start Asterisk.
N.B. People spend years between step #1 and a running Asterisk system.
For help with asterisk, google on 'site:lists.digium.com <search
words>'. For the wiki, google on 'site:voip-info.org <search words>'.
The wiki is most helpful.
Keep a blog of your experience and let other newbies learn from you. :=)
Cheers,
Gary H. Thompson wrote:
Hi,
I am a retired telephone tech/manager who recently had a bad experience
with a local company offering digital phone service (VoIP). I have spent
the last thirty years in the PSTN network, switching, PBX and key system
field and am interested in learning more about VoIP. My background also
includes programming, mostly specialized applications to interact with
the PSTN network. Most of my experience in this field have been with
Borland products, specifically Delphi. I also have been involved with
database programming, same platform as the communications.
My computer experience started with the operating system CPM (I’m not
really that old, only 56). The best platform now seems to be ƒ so
now since I am retired now, it seems a good time to learn something new.
I also have been looking at Asterisk which most companies seem to be
using for a PBX platform. I found out by accident that the local company
I had the problem with uses this PBX software.
Could someone steer me in the right direction as to where to start? I
spent most of my career in the telephone industry in a ‘bush’ area of
Alaska so pretty much had to teach myself what I needed to know about
computers but I can learn almost anything from a book and by asking
questions when I get stuck. Most of my experience was before the
Internet so I plan on using this avenue to advance my knowledge.
I understand what a broad scope I am asking about so would appreciate
any tips to help me get started. Since there are many ‘brands’ of Linux
what is the best one to start with? Which Linux will be better when I
get to the point of working with Asterisk? Any tips or ideas on book s,
online tutors, discussions or anything of this nature would be much
appreciated.
I hope to add to this group if I can be any assistance from the ‘other
side’, the PSTN network.
Thank You,
Gary H. Thompson
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