[GRLUG] Does anyone know PBX - Asterisk

[Matthew Lechleider]

Most expensive piece in that puzzle is the ISDN PRI card.


We have deployed a few of the Trix/Mediatrix boxes.  Pretty cool stuff 
and works.  Even better if you know CentOS.

Word to the wise, don't leave those boxes open to the public, setup a 
decent firewall.  One of ours was hacked real quick.



Godwin wrote:
> One of these days, I'd like to play with an asterisk (or derivative)
> myself.  someone I know suggested Trixbox [http://www.trixbox.com/]
> and reviews seem favorable.  Tons of features.  there's also the
> freebsd based Askozia [http://www.askozia.com/pbx/].  I'm fond of
> m0n0wall/pfsense bsd based firewalls and imagine this product is just
> as simplified as well.
>
> I thought of using client software on a PC and run-o-da-mill headsets.
>  since everyone has a pc on their desk, it's gotta be cheaper than
> buying ip phones.  Like I said, one of these days...  Right now we use
> a Picazo/Dash phone system.  Runs on FreeDOS and quite archaic.
>
> G-
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> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Bill Creswell <billcreswell at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I am on the board of a non-profit, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, and we
>> are moving to a new location.
>> I am not particularly familiar with phone systems or requirements, but I
>> have heard the costs may run into the tens of thousands of dollars, which we
>> don't have.
>> After reading this http://www.chayden.net/Asterisk/SeUpAsteriskAtHome.htm
>> I began to wonder what might be necessary to setup a decent system.
>> We do need voice for the receptionist, and a few employees, and the rest
>> will be using Video Phones which, as I recall, just run off the internet
>> service. So it would seem to me overkill, to spend large sums of money for a
>> few extensions. Therefore, it is possible that a smaller PBX system run off
>> Asterisk may do the trick.
>> Does anyone know about this stuff?
>> Is anyone willing to donate some time/knowledge, or discount some
>> "professional" installation?
>> Or even know a cheap way for a small non-profit to get phone service?
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
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