Asterisk PBX
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Overview
Asterisk is an open-source Linux-based PBX system. It typically runs on x86-style servers, but as with all FOSS projects, it should be possible at least in theory to compile for the FSG.
Considerations
The FSG may not have enough processing horsepower to make this work. It works just fine, although no metrics have been taken as to how many lines it is capable of handling.
In Progress
This turned out to be SO much easier than I thought it would:
FSG WLAN 400GB 3.1.29 Web interface reports: Linux version 2.4.27-uc1 (root@lindev) (gcc version 3.3.2) #1612 Fr Jun 9 13:10:52 CEST 2006
SSH to FSG, su to root.
ipkg install asterisk16
and you're done.
OK I lied. There's an awful lot more to do. But that's the software installation done. Everything else is configuration. It would be well outside the scope of the OpenFSG Wiki to start tutorials for that here, so you'll have to refer to other sources. Don't worry, there is a LOT of help out there.
- For starters, download the e-book version of "Asterisk: The Future of Telephony", very kindly made available free-of-charge by the publisher, from http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf
- Head on over to the Asterisk User Forums at http://forums.digium.com/
- And then search around for examples. One of my favourite "getting started" guides is over at http://www.the-asterisk-book.com/unstable/minimale-telefonanlage.html
Bear in mind that a typical Asterisk installation will hold configuration files in /etc/asterisk. We like to be different, of course, and ours are in /opt/etc/asterisk. So be careful if you're cutting & pasting.
