Jamie - I will check that out! Thanks! It is just for testing and yes, the Asterisk box is connected to the Internet. Cool.
-M On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Jamie A. Stapleton <[email protected]> wrote: > Could use the free http://www.sipgate.com/one for some testing (assuming that > Asterisk is connected to the Internet) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of UIT DEVELOPMENT > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:54 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie > > Hello All - > > I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize > myself with all of this. I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to > be complete. This is my first exposure to all of these technologies. > > I installed AsteriskNow on my old dual Pentium 833mhz Dell PowerEdge > 2400 and the install went well. I can log in and poke around in > Linux and I even configured the box to be recognized on my windows > network. However, is there a GUI that I can access to help me set > things up? I've gotten so far as what looks to me like "DOS" windows > that I can change various things in the OS... > > I do not have any other hardware installed. No cards and no VoIP > phones. I havent got to the point where I can make a test call or > anything like that. I dont know how to tell if Asterisk is up and > running and how I can tweak it, etc. I've been reading a lot of > different things, and have become a bit confused. I think that in time > it will come to me but I needed to stop and ask because I need to know > if I am on the wrong path for what I'd like to do someday.... > > My main question is: CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone > using a soft-phone? If so, how can I do that? Also, can I use my > cell phone to call into that box? I dont know if I have to get a > phone number, or do I NEED a phone number? At the moment, I do not > have any dollars to throw at this project. Its purely for learning, > proof of concept sort of thing for myself on my spare time in the > evenings. I would simply like to be able to call out and be able to > call into that box. Later on down the road maybe I will get into > setting up an IVR using a database so I can call into that system from > wherever and get information read back to me. But, first things > first.... I'd like to know if I am heading down the wrong path here. > > Sorry for what might seem as really silly questions, but I am not sure > how to proceed. > > Thanks in advance for any insight that you folks can provide! > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
