[Asterisk-Users] Re: newbie problem

[Ricardo Andere de Mello]

thanks a lot for your help, I will try to make the dialplan.

[]s, gandhi

Gary G. Hendershot wrote:

>Two items to consider ....
>
>1) make sure you have the connections right ... Your FXO port on the card
>(the one you will signal using FXS) is connected to the incoming phone line
>....   Your FXS port on the card (the one you will signal using FXO) is
>connected to the analog telephone you want to use ...  If you have the card
>installed properly and the telephone handset connected to the correct port,
>you should get dial tone as soon as you pick up the hook ... 
>
>2) the "sample" dial plan that comes with Asterisk should not be expected to
>run as supplied ...  It is just an example of what is possible ... If it
>actually works as provided, you got lucky ... You will need to configure a
>dial plan that is appropriate for your planned use ...  
>
>
>Dial 9, is really optional ... You can just as easily define a dial 8 system
>if you want to do so ... I use dial 9 for PSTN, dial 8 for SIP VoIP provider
>and dial 7 for IAX provider ... A simpler system with only PSTN access might
>not use any dial prefix ... Or if you have designed a least cost routing
>table that looks at the number dialed and automatically decides what service
>to use, you would not use any dial prefix ... Unless you want to give the
>caller the option of choosing an outbound path ... There are many options to
>consider ...
>
>Best thing to do as you start out is get something simple working ... Get it
>to dial out, ring on inbound and accept voicemail ... Once you have it doing
>the basics, you will have learned enough getting that far along that some of
>the more advanced features will not be so intimidating to tackle ... 
>
>There are many examples of dial plans avaialble for review on the wiki at
>www.voip-info.org ... This is an excellent place to get some ideas on how to
>setup a dial plan that will do what you want to do ...
>
>Regards
>
>G.Hendershot
>
>
>  
>


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Ricardo Andere de Mello
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