[General] VoIP For Home Usage

[Majed B.]

I think I'm gonna stick with PBX in a Flash for now. Yes, the
installation process is horribly long and requires Internet, but you
get to stay up to date and you don't have to wait for RPMs or packages
to be released.

They have custom scripts that download the latest source-code (stable
only, I think), compile it and configure it for you.

All the distros out there use FreePBX for their web ui. The difference
is that trixbox bundled everything on a CD which made things easier
rather than having to download more stuff during the installation
process. Also, trixbox does offer a rather elaborate user-interface
(with access to system functions: Like when to restart asterisk: now,
when idle, when there are no calls).

I've been reading about trixbox and its security issues all day now
and they seem to be slow in releasing patches for their systems.
Something I'm not fond of (being slow in patching). And if you apply
patches & fixes from other locations, the package manager would no
longer work properly.

A lot of people seem to be referencing "Nerd Vittles": http://nerdvittles.com/
It has security & cool tips & tricks.

Any luck with your card?

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim<ahmad at koutbo6.com> wrote:
> Another distro worth looking at http://www.elastix.org/
>
> Majed B. wrote:
>> I have some disturbing news... I read that trixbox sends personal
>> information over to its company, and have been told by a couple of
>> people (in IRC) that trixbox has the tendency to install scripts
>> without prior consent of the user.
>> Also, they have the tendency to ignore security problems...
>>
>> I just finished installing PBX in a Flash, and believe me, it's NOT a
>> quick installation! It's an ugly installation... the free version
>> requires that you have an Internet connection because it downloads the
>> source from the website then compiles it on the machine (yes, it
>> compiles it from source...).
>>
>> So what was supposed to be done in "a Flash" took me around 2 hours.
>>
>> I'm currently running Asterisk 1.6.1.1 with Dahdi 2.2.02+2.2.0.
>>
>> How are things progressing on your end?
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Majed B.<majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ahmad, here's what I noticed about the NAT thing.
>>>
>>> It's NOT a NAT thing. It's a DNS resolution problem. Whenever I run
>>> "dig domain.net" on the PBX machine, the PBX recognizes the public IP
>>> of my domain for a few minutes, then it goes back to unknown.
>>>
>>> So instead of having script update the IP for me, I'll just run dig
>>> every 3-5 minutes... It's retarded but it works, until I figure out
>>> what the hell is going on with this.
>>>
>>> Even the guys at #asterisk & #freepbx aren't helping on this...
>>>
>>> Which reminds me, you could go there and ask them. They're on
>>> irc.freenode.net, port 6667. Register your nickname to access their
>>> channels:
>>>
>>> /nick <your nickname>
>>> /nickserv register <pass> <email>
>>>
>>> Login to your email and copy/paste the verification line
>>>
>>> /nickserv identify <pass>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Majed B.<majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I don't see where the problem is Ahmad. The manual says to use wires 4
>>>> & 5, which are what we use in Kuwait (The middle 2 wires) and it works
>>>> on my end.
>>>>
>>>> Notice that they have shown a figure of 8 wires not 4; that's because
>>>> they have digital services, unlike us.
>>>>
>>>> With that said, Kuwait's caller ID is similar to that of UK (BT
>>>> company), so the way that someone showed in the asterisk forum might
>>>> actually work for you:
>>>>
>>>> 1          ------1
>>>> 2---------/
>>>> 3---------\
>>>> 4          ------4
>>>>
>>>> http://www.asterisk.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42449&sid=f7f76ad03a8a80004579d26d75ae1206
>>>>
>>>> But before you venture into making such a cable, open the phone's wall
>>>> socket and look at where the cables are wired (which pins). You should
>>>> follow the same.
>>>>
>>>> If you confirm the wiring, then focus on the PBX itself. I haven't
>>>> found anything that points at where the problem is, apart from these
>>>> two links:
>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/asterisk-gui@lists.digium.com/msg01430.html
>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/asterisk-gui@lists.digium.com/msg01394.html
>>>>
>>>> They say that if you had old trunk configurations, and deleted them,
>>>> the GUI may not have cleaned them up as it should (notice the date of
>>>> these messages: They're in July 2009).
>>>>
>>>> So you have two options, as suggested in the links:
>>>> 1) Delete the trunk configuration then dive into the specified config
>>>> files and make sure there are no references of them.
>>>> 2) Reinstall.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
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       Majed B.