Category: Asterisk
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FreePBX 13 And Web Meet-me
I’ve been running an install of web meet-me on an ancient version of trixbox. Unfortunately it locks up pretty regularly, though nothing shows up in the logs…it just likes to stop working. I finally had enough and decided to do a new install. I couldn’t find an easy appliance with it installed and ready to…
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Cisco Call Manager Express/Communications Manager Express, Cheap FXS/FXO Ports, and Asterisk Voicemail
Here’s the scenario. I’ve got a charter school that has an aaaaaaancient PBX kicking a PRI. Having the system updated is expensive and the PRI is even more expensive. We are going to roll a new PBX for them in about 8 months, and their PRI’s contract is coming up soon. This is a perfect…
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Asterisk Selective Outbound Routing
I had a customer of mine that a single user inside their office needed an 800 number routed to them…not a big deal. What we did was to order an additional DID from their SIP provider Vitelity. The number was provisioned and I forwarded it from the incoming trunk to the users phone. I made…
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VoIP And Codecs
I received a question via email that was roughly as follows: “I currently use Vonage VOIP to provide voice and fax lines to remote construction sites via VSAT satellites. The problem is that each port requires a lot of bandwidth (90 kbps). Is there a solution that would require much less bandwidth (@20 kbps) per…
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Trixbox Cheat Sheet
I found this great cheat sheet a while back. It has tips on trixbox specifically and asterisk in general.
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Flash A Cisco 7960 To SIP
I have to say it was a painful process…it took me about an hour of tweaking…mostly my own fault…hehe. Most of you guys have seen a Cisco phone at some point. If you’ve ever watched a show on Fox, you most likely have seen one…hehe They make great phones, and not just for CallManager. You…