I have started to receive a lot of positive response
for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] project. For those of you
unfamiliar with this project the goal of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
is to make a full featured version of Asterisk very
easy to install.

We have created a 1 step .iso that installs RHEL
(RedHat Enterprise Linux) and Asterisk. It includes a
web GUI that allows easy editing of the Asterisk
Config files. [EMAIL PROTECTED] has many other features
including xPL (home automation) support, database
integration, and usage statistics.

If you would like to try it for yourself you can
download it from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asteriskathome/

I have received some questions on [EMAIL PROTECTED] from
this list and from my page on voip-info.org here a few
answers.

1. I tried to install [EMAIL PROTECTED] on my XXXX pc and
it says it don't support my system.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] is based on RHEL 3 Linux. RHEL 3 does
not support many older systems. You should have at
least a 300MHz PII. This may have been an oversight on
my part but most of the info I have read on Asterisk
says it does not run well on systems slower than this.
Besides look on e-bay a dell Optiplex GX1, a great
Linux and Asterisk box with good hardware support,
sells for $34 (buy it now)! Seem like a worthwhile
investment for Asterisk/Linux experimentation.

If you really want to use Asterisk on slower hardware
try Debian Linux it runs on almost anything and has
good asterisk support.

2. I can�t connect to my network with from
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

You can try the netconfig command. You can use
netconfig to configure your network manually. You can
check to see if your card is supported by RHEL. If it
isn�t you might have to compile a driver for it
(yuck!). Your best bet is to use generic hardware that
is known to work well with Linux (see above) you could
also buy a network card that works with Linux (3com
work well)

3. I would like to use my strange-ass
ISDN/TAPI/PSTN/VOIP/phone thingy with Asterisk can you
help?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] is designed to be a starting off point
for Asterisk experimentation. It supports some basic
hardware. But beyond that try this mailing list or the
ever useful voip-info.org. These resources will help
you get just about any type of telephone interface
known to man working with Asterisk!


Hope this helps.

-Andrew



                
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