[Asterisk-Users] looking for newbie resources

[Andy Powell]

On 04/07/2004 at 14:53 Steven M. Sawczyn wrote:

>Hi,  I am very interested in VOIP and telephony in general, although
>admittedly, I don't know much about the theories and protocols behind it.
>Having also an interest in Linux, I was really excited to come upon
>Asterisk.  I would really like to learn more about Asterisk and VOIP in
>general and am wondering if anyone could suggest some beginner resources?
>Of course I've found that the best way to learn something is to just dive
>in
>and try it, but I don't think I'm ready to tackle installing Asterisk yet.


In which case, http://www.automated.it/asterisk/ You'll find a link there for
my Asterisk Live! CD (it's a test version, but feedback so far has been
favourable)


>
>I'm running Slackware Linux on a machine which at the moment, is just
>hosting mail.  In addition, I have accounts with both Vonage and
>Broadvoice.
>My idea is to set up a mini PBX here at home using both VOIP providers as
>my
>main lines and using my LAN to connect a few extensions.  Might this be a
>good way to start learning, or am I way off track?
>
>Again, I am very new to this, so any info/resources/suggestions greatly
>appreciated.

You could also try http://www.automated.it/guidetoasterisk.htm to 
get you going...

The wiki has useful info too 

http://www.voip-info.org


Andy