[A*UG] Advice

[Willie McKemie]

Thanks for responding!

On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 09:58:24PM -0500, Wayne Walker wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 10:59:39AM -0500, Willie McKemie wrote:
> > All this Asterisk talk has piqued my interest!
> 
> > 3) Once I have the intercom service setup, is it trivial to then use 
> > the intercom stations to access my telephone line?
> Yes, but...
> 
> What you would really do is just what a normal business does.  You have
> one or more lines coming in from your phone provider (whether it's SBC,
> GTE, or a VoIP provider).  These connect into your Asterisk server.
> Then your asterisk server acts as a PBX.  You then have "extensions"
> each extensions is either an ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter), an FXS port,
> or a VoIP phone.  An ATA officially drives one phone line, but usually
> works fine with say up to 5.  Same with an FXS port.  ATA's and FXS
> ports run ~$80-150 each.

I'm now developing a little bit better mental model of how this stuff 
works.  I've ordered a couple of IP telephones and a couple of clone 
cards for Asterisk.  Tuesday, I looked at Frys for IP telephones, I 
found some ATAs, but no telephones.
> 
> > It seems attractive to find preconfigured and tested boxes to provide 
> > the above capabilities.  Comments?  Recommendations?
> I've heard some good about "asterisk at home" which is an installer that
> will WIPE your hard drive, install linux, and asterisk, and configure
> asterisk somewhat.
> 
> I'd recommend running RHEL4, CentOS4, or FC4 on a machine and installing
> Asterisk manually.

I have a bunch of Debian boxes and I notice that asterisk is in the 
Debian repositories; I'll start there since I have no RH boxes.  If 
that doesn't go well, I might try asterisk at home on a disposable box.
> 
> Make the next meeting and we can sort things out with you.

I live a ways out and very rarely go to town in the evenings. 

BTW, I subscribed to the digest list as either 
"sprinter at austinfarm.org" or maybe "mckemie at austinfarm.org".  I 
received one digest about a week ago, but none since.  Don't know 
whether the list is inactive or my subscription is screwed up.

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