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New to Asterisk

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quazimotto

quazimotto

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Mar 29, 2008
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Greetings Guys,

I am new to Asterisk and would just like some information about whatthe system can do. I have a customer on a Hosted solution and they hate it. My customer bought Aastra 6757i phones and would like to protect their investment. They have about 60 phones at 3 different sites. At what product should I look? Would the Asterisk box give the phones full features ( BLF, DSS, Twinning etc. )? Are there licenses to buy? What box supports FXO/FXS and PRI? I see boxes for sale called Asterisk Intel Atom Tribox?? Any good??

If you could take a minute and give an education about Asterisk and what box/equipment works best in your opinion, I would really appreciate it.

Best Regards,
Quaz
 
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You will probably get few different recommendations - its all personal preferences...Pure Asterisk, Trixbox, FreePBX,...
My personal choice is Elastix ( ...It's a Open Source complete PBX system, no licenses required (unless you want some additions (like g.729, etc.)).
For start, download and start reading - will give you good idea what about functionality.
Then download latest ISO (v4) from elastix.org and install on either virtual machine or PC and start playing...post any question here - we all will try to help.

BR
 
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Thank you for reply. I will do as you recommend and let you know how I made out. Who's boards do you use for PRI, FXO, FXS, etc. ? What does the software run on? Windows, Linux??

Best Regards,
Quaz
 
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Zoo1,

I downloaded article and read it. Downloaded the software and burned it to disc. I get an SGE-401 error Invalid Kernel. I tried the boot disc on a few machines and I got the same result.

Thanks?Quaz
 
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Hi quazimotto

Take a look at Emetrotel it will support your Aastra phones, and the have great tech. support.

Mike

Owner
Sideline Telephone Service Inc.
Canadian - Reseller
 
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Hi Quazimotto
ISO file which you are downloaded is everything what you need to start Elastix. If you run this ISO (boot with this CD/DVD) you have to delete everything from that machine (HDD will be formatted) as ISO will install Centos Linux OS and Elastix SW package.
For test, you can try to install on Virtual under Windows (you can download Oracle VM - free).
 
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Zoo1,

Got it going. I have a sip line built between my IP Office and the Asterisk box. Works great. Sounds great!
There is one problem though, I can only call IP telephones on the IP Office. When I try to connect to a Digital phone the Asterisk gives me an all circuits busy recording. Ever see that?

Quaz
 
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Glad to hear good news..[dazed]
For digital extensions problem - can't see how Elastix will cause problem as traffic to IP extensions works...not that familiar with IP office but could be something with DSP resources on IP office...connection to IP phones should not use DSP (as traffic is IP -> IP and not require processing where IP -> IP -> Digital will require DSP...do you have any other SIP trunks connected (eg. public SIP trunks) to IP Office? If yes, do you have any problem?
 
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No. I have not used public Sip trunks yet. I have VCMs on the IP Office (DSP). Can the Asterisk use h323 trunks? If yes,do you have a config for it? This thing is real nice. The more I play with it, the more I like it. Does Asterisk having twinning ( ring both office phone and cell at same time)? Can I make screens pop with this machine?

Quaz
 
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I too back up engenius's comments, you should definitely look at the UCx, it's very inexpensive and will work perfectly with the Aastra phones. I've tested them out on my own UCx.

Joseph Sus Jr. Nortel Emetrotel Consultant
 
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Hi Quaz
For digital extension issue, take look at , page 29 - may help..
H323 support - Officially, not supported (development stop long time ago) but can be achieved - try to google - there is lots of results
Twinning - there is a way to achieve this - but nothing "out from the box" - see
or google (again)
Screen pop - , take look at OutCall

BR
 
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ZOO1,

I found a configuration for h323 trunks. I need to config this file ( => /etc/asterisk/ooh323.conf ) It looks like this:

=> /etc/asterisk/ooh323.conf
[general]
port=1720
bindaddr=10.13.1.1
disallow=all
allow=g729
dtmfmode=inband
gatekeeper=DISABLE
context=default
progress_setup=8
progress_alert=8
h245tunneling=yes

How do I get to the file o config it. I know nothing about linux. If you could show me how to get to this file and what commands to configure it. Linux looks like a router language CLI.

Thanks/Dave
 
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RLS,

I don't know what they are. I have never seen them.

Quaz
 
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They are the Nortel 1100, 1200 and i2000 series IP Phones. They are quite feature robust if you get the UCx that overlays on top of the UCx. They pretty much mimic a Nortel Meridian 1/CS1000 PBX for around $1500 for the smallest system.

Joseph Sus Jr. Nortel Emetrotel Consultant
 
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Hi Quaz
Easiest way to access all files is to download WinSCP ( application). With that, you can connect to the system with root access and have explorer style (similar) access to all files, edit, copy,...
For DSS, go to phone web access (phone IP address, admin, 22222) and configure buttons...

BR
 
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Zoo1,

Winscp works alot better than cd / cd etc, and VIM. No BLF support on any phones? How about Digium?

Dave
 
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Hi Dave

BLF should work - program via web interface of phone itself... and use user:admin pass: 22222.
Try and let me know...

BR
 
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