UPDATE: We will be launching our VPS service soon.  There will be 5 different Asterisk distributions to choose from.  Plans start at $34.95.

 Originally written for Ubuntu 6.  Should work on newer versions.

In this document there are various boxes, with text inside them.
These are examples of what you see on your screen, what you should
type, and/or the expected responses. For example:

rob@rob-laptop:~$ id

uid=1000(rob) gid=1000(rob)
groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),
29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),
106(lpadmin),110(scanner),112(admin),1000(rob)

Here are a few advanced topics covering some things that can be done to any FreePBX or strictly Asterisk distribution.  These would be things one might be interested in doing beyond the standard Linux-Asterisk-Freepbx installation.

In previous posts I showed how to auto-provision and configure Aastra phones by manually installing XML scripts.  Aastra has released RPM packages for Trixbox that combines everything and adds new features as well as mDNS so the phones can find the TFTP server even if you don't have a DHCP server capable of assigning it.  The script won't install unless mDNS is installed. 

Just got back from the Open Telephony Training seminar in Las Vegas.

This is a general overview of some of the more common mile high mistakes people make when doing an open source VoIP PBX project.  I won't be going into details about hardware dimensioning or software configuration.  I will just be providing a general overview of some of the system level common sense mistakes people make in terms of a typical consultant/client type of project.

There is an interesting new VoIP PBX product that has caught my attention.  I even felt compelled enough to get off my lazy butt and write a little review about it.  What caught my attention was that it's from one of my favorite hardware manufacturers.  I make no secret of my love for Aastra SIP phones so when I heard about the AastraLink Pro 160 PBX I had to find out more.  It's not actually shipping till late May 2008 and I’m not enough of a big shot to get any special love from Aastra so I haven't held one in my hands much less tak

The following is an update to a case study of a VoIP PBX phone system I installed back in October 2006 using this guide.  I feel it is time for an update to see how things have worked out long term.

I needed a PoE switch for doing VoIP demos and for use in my office with my SIP VoIP phones. After searching high and low for the lowest cost solution I settled on the Netgear FS108P.