On Wednesday 11 May 2005 12:19, Macy1 Hallock wrote:
> Are there any co-conspirators who might be interested in forming
> a SIG or informal group to learn, install, administer and experiment
> with Asterisk and related VoIP stuff here?
>
> And is this too organized an approach?
> Any comments, suggestions?
> How about any rants, raves or just some narrative about what
> you've done with this technology?
> Or just post some working configuration files?
Well, as someone who's sells Asterisk end to end solutions, I can say this is
a really good technology. Though there already are some six-seven official
asterisk lists under Digium (the developer).
This is the main one for user discussions:
http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Adding yet another one IS going to reproduce the same questions that has
already been answered there, and none would probably be able to answer them.
It is a fairly complex system, but not too hard once you got the hang of
it. : ) I.e. it's quite logical if you understand a bit of telecom.
But you need to get over that hump.
I have a script which installs, backup, update etc. It cuts down a bit of the
labor of getting it up and running:
http://szmidt.org/asterisk/asterisk-update.sh
You'll need a Digium or Sangoma card to get the timing, or you will need to
build a module to emulate that. I suggest a card.
Sangoma builds superior quality cards, but we are still waiting for the analog
card to come out. Don't bother with the USB cards - absolutely useless!
To get started you should go to the WIKI, it's your friend.
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk
--Steve Szmidt
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