[General] VoIP For Home Usage

[Ahmad Al-Ibrahim]

How about http://www.asterisknow.org/ ?

Majed B. wrote:
> 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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