Answers In-Line... Quoting Chriswlan2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Chriswlan2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:10 AM > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk server strategies: multiple > newbie > unknowns!... > > > > I see how that could present a problem ... followed by the next > obvious > > question of why aren't you sleeping at 4:00AM? > > Busy doing some legwork of my own, before I use too much of you guys' > bandwidth. > Thanks for your time David... > > > > > > The third option can be viable but you need to find a provider that > > offers Asterisk as part of their service because you are not at > liberty > > to install new applications that aren't on their supported list. > It will never be my own hardware, and I'll NEVER be anywhere close to > their > geographic location. If I'm given full shell access on a VPS, doesn't > that > mean I'm allowed to import whatever apps I want? Apparently > www.bluehost.com > gives SSh in return for faxing one's photo ID to them... I'm afraid not. They are just giving you a user shell account via SSH. You can edit your code that way but won't be able to install anything. I checked out their site and they are just providing a home for web services. They have some nice features in the package for that price like ecommerce/ssl and your choice of database engines - but you won't be running Asterisk there - sorry. > > > > OK, command lines good, but what about a gui? > David: you are saying that I can use from thousands of miles away > EITHER a > GUI or the command prompt, and still do everything remotely? Or only > GUIs > work securely with SSH? > Boy, do I feel newbieish... You can do both. SSH gives you a command prompt. In the background it sets up some stuff so if you start a GUI program the display/keyboard/mouse gets sent back to you within the encrypted connection and fully integrated into your desktop. By fully integrated I mean you can cut/paste between and app that is local and one that is remote. It's not like that other operating system where a remote machine looks like a separate desktop. Obvious (maybe) caveat: You must be running Xwindows on the machine you are calling from. Either by running X on any Unix variant or an emulator on Windows. If Windows will be your client, look for XliveCD. This is a good place to start because it sets everything up right for remote Xwindows display right from the install. > > And thanks also to John for his dot txt: > > >> =International fax to/from email, an immediate must. Not easy > >> apparently... > > >It's easy with Hylafax. There is no GUI or TUI interface to manage > >Hylafax though, it's configured by editing text files and managed > using > >If you want to use Hylafax with a Asterisk channel, you'll need > >iaxmodem, and ye more instruction. > > OK: again I can do all of that remotely, and that works with DIDs and > international termination, and * fax doesn't have to go over FXO > hardware? > > >For the type of colo that you want (i.e. to run Asterisk and > Hylafax) > >you need your own server or virtualized server. You will have to > worry > >about a virtualized server since Asterisk's computing needs are > >different from a web server. > > What are the cheapest low-end, low RAM, low bandwidth VPS? Just to > start > playing? > I also didn't see too many outfits that even mentionned Asterisk! > > > Thanks again, guys. > > Christian
