[Leaplist] Askerisk - PBX

[Kevin Anderson]

So as has already been mentioned, you'd link that to your Asterisk box, and uplink it into any open phone port in your house after you disconnect from your telco at the junctionbox/demark and you're golden.

From the sound of it, you can also use vuckfonage to find the authentication details so that you can use your main vonage line as well as the softphones.

Those are good links...

Kev.

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Sent: Thu, 12/13/2007 7:49am
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Subject: Re: [Leaplist] Askerisk - PBX

Kevin Anderson wrote:
>> 1.  Does Askerisk work with any of the free standing Skype or Vonage
>> phone modems?  I know how to program the Linksys Vonage system to use
>> any service and not be locked into the Vonage trap.
> 
> Skype is REALLY ugly to use, but I have Vonage connecting to Asterisk for both Business and home use right now.  Not sure what Vonage trap you're referring to.  At $40 a month for all I can eat, it's a trap I rather enjoy.  Note that you can only use vonage's soft phones for your PBX, not the main line.
> 
> 
>> But, a listing of basic hardware is a nice asset.
> 
> I have a p4-1700 w 2G of RAM running VMware with 4 vmservers on it.  One is A at H.  Works fine.  I'd say anything P3 or better with 256M of RAM will be fine.
> 
>> 2. Can a home system have 4 phones, through pre-wired wall jacks, on the
>> system?
> 
> Yes, You'll want an adapter to connect to normal phones. Personally, I'd go with VOIP phones so you can connect them wirelessly, or wired.
> 
>> 3. How do the phone numbers get selected or assigned in this system?
> 
> Incoming numbers are called DIDs.  They are usually handled seperate from the VoIP lines themselves, but in POTS systems you likely see them as identical.  My system allows inbound VoIP calls to be directed to the auto attendent, and they're routed from there.  Different inbound lines go to different auto attendents.
> 
> I'd recommend learning with softphones.  Zoiper is nice because it'll work with IAX rather than just SIP.  SIP works fine but hates NAT firewalls.  IAX is easily handled through firewalls, and will rapidly replace SIP I suspect.  You'll notice that Cisco Phones are REALLY nice.  They're also very expensive, and very difficult to configure.  Look at Polycom.  Personally, I like using a softphone most of the time since I can use it anywhere which is really important to me at the moment.
> 
> Kev.
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Thanks for the info.  Ah, there is the crux, can we use 'normal' phones?

It would seem that having the 5.4Ghz portables would be a good re-use of
 existing units.

I have a Linksys PAP2 that I can modify in software to work with any
service, according to

 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15175568

 http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/193/42/


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