Kevin Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing:
> I am looking at using Asterisk for home.
>
> I have a VOIP wireless DSL router. Do I have to have any other
> specific piece of hardware?
>
> I would like to have a linux box running Asterisk that will manage
> all the incoming and out going calls, that way I could also pre-empt
> the bill I will get charged in the following month.
>
> I would like to use my desktops as phones. That means that my PCs
> (both windows and Linux)
> and Notebook Pro will need to be able to answer the call and allow us
> to talk back.
>
> Is what I am planning possible?
Not a problem at all. The setup for this can be quite involved - your
best bet would be going with a dedicated Asterisk distribution such as
Trixbox. It will install a Redhat based OS on a machine (wiping
everything else!) with all the asterisk goodies you'll need to get
started. www.trixbox.org has all the goodies.
BB
>Kevin, what you are asking is very possible with Asterisk, as it is a
>very
>flexible system whose behaviour is basically dependant upon how you
set >up
>the dialplan.
>However, where my opinion would differ with Ben is that I would >recommend
>going with standard Asterisk on the distribution your are most
>comfortable
>with administering. Trixbox is technically a fork of Asterisk with an
>included GUI and is aimed at persons unfaimilar with the Linux CLI.
I tried out Asterisk on a Ubuntu (Breezy) machine IBM Netvista P4 1.8GHz
128 RAM and with a softphone (Xten) on a windows client machine but the
quality of service leaves a lot to be desired. Any suggestions for hard
phones which might work better? Plus I am having problems with the
Ubuntu OS crashing in screensaver mode on this particular machine,
irrespective of whether asterisk is installed or not.
Apart from TRIXbox [EMAIL PROTECTED] is also offering a dedicated
server-cum-os solution "CentOS" I think it's called - although I have
not tried out any of these yet.
Regards
Vasu
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