Can anyone give me a simple easy-to-understand place to start for setting up Asterisk? All I want it for is for Caller ID and to drop calls from certain phone numbers. I have a US Robots data/fax modem. Asterisk is running (as evidenced by ps ax) and the phone line is plugged into the computer. I know this is correct because I can dial out with kppp. Someone suggested that I look at my modem's manual for how to do this; my modem did not come with a manual, and I am not at all hardware-savvy. Others have written back and suggested alternate hardware. My wife and I have $25.00USD to last us the rest of the month, It's like this every month, so I can't exactly buy new hardware. I have to work with what we have. I called our home number (the number whose phone line is plugged into my computer) from my cell phone while sitting at the asterisk CLI command console. I heard the phone ring on the other extension, so I typed 'answer'. Asterisk came back with "No one is calling us" Meanwhile the phone was still ringing. I've googled for asterisk tutorials, but I can't seem to find anything that's basic enough for me to understand. Please help.
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