[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk @ Home setup & Doc

[Tom Rymes]

Paul,

1.) These questions are specific to Asterisk at Home, not asterisk, and  
you probably ought to post your question to the forum at  
asteriskathome.sourceforge.net (especially since A at H has specific  
Cisco config options.)
2.) These questions have been answered before, look at the A at H  
handbook and the voip-info wiki for more info on this.
3.) You are thinking of TFTP for the phones to DL their config info,  
not VSFTPD, which is a regular FTP server. Again, check the A at H  
handbook for info on the Cisco phones, A at H makes it extremely easy to  
set up the Cisco phones to work with Asterisk.
4.) You should be able to configure the Polycom phones with a web  
browser if you want to. It's easier for one phone, but harder if you  
plan on having many.
5.) For Outlook integration, check the wiki, I think you are looking  
for ast-gui.
6.) For the panel, again, check the A at H handbook, voip-info.org, and  
Google is your friend. Look for the answers yourself before you ask  
us to find them for you.
7.) There are many people who use Polycom phones with Asterisk. I  
know of no problems with them, but I only have one IP301, and I don't  
use it much since I got my Cisco unit.

HTH,

Tom

On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Paul wrote:

> As a newbie to Asterisk, I'm in love.
>
> There is no information discussing the way to use the FTP program  
> vsftpd
> which is need for phone configurations.  So far I've been able to  
> add a user
> with useradd and add that user to the VSFTPD.USER_LIST and now I  
> can FTP to
> my Asterisk at home server but need the layout to configure both  
> Polycom phones
> and Cisco phones if anyone can help?
>
> Is there any way an outlook client from an XP station can use their  
> contact
> list to dial the phone.  I read in other posts that there is a way  
> to force
> a phone off hook and dial or dial and direct it to the phone, but  
> can this
> be integrated with MS outlook?
>
> Can anyone direct me to samples of how to reconfigure the panel for  
> operator
> use as well as just regular desktop use (removing trunks, queues..)?
>
> I have heard that Polycom phones have a problem with Asterisk - any  
> truth to
> this?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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