[asterisk-users] Asterisk with PABX

[Michael Collins]

<kissing up some more>
FYI, you both are right!  Getting started with AAH/Trixbox can be very
valuable, but relying upon it can be very limiting.
</kissing up some more>

I started w/ AAH, then went back and learned the dialplan apps,
scripting, etc.  For some guys like me, it's easier to start with a
working (if limited) system, and then tinker with it, break it, etc.
After breaking a few systems I then went back and did a vanilla install
to learn some more.  I ended up settling on a compromise: I load Trixbox
and then make a bunch of manual mods.  I get the best of both worlds - a
system that has all of the prereqs loaded for me, plus a GUI for stuff
that I don't want to do a cmd line and also the power and flexibility of
hand-editing my .conf files to get exactly what I want out of the
dialplan.

For those wondering how to get started, I can highly recommend STARTING
with Trixbox, but definitely don't STOP with Trixbox.  After you play
with a pre-installed, working system, go out and get your hands dirty on
a plain install.  You'll be better off for it in the long run.  Having
both GUI and cmd line experience will make you a well-rounded Asterisk
user.

-MC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dovid Bender
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:22 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk with PABX
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric "ManxPower" Wieling" <eric at fnords.org>
> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk with PABX
> 
> 
> > Dean Collins wrote:
> >> Yes it is possible.
> >>
> >> May I suggest you spend more time with www.voip-info.org Or even
better
> >> download www.trixbox.org on an old server to get an idea of how
configs
> >> work.
> >
> > Getting Trixbox would help him understand how Trixbox configs work,
not
> > how Asterisk configs work.
> <rant>
> There are lots of "Guru's" out there that know asterisk. They dont.
They
> know trixbox. I used to tell people to use it as a stepping stone
however
> now I see that its not worth it because they will rely on the gui and
only
> be able to do what it allwos them.
> </rant>
> <kissing up>
> Thank you to all those on this list (about two years ago) that when I
> asked
> about a GUI they all told me to learn asterisk scripting myself. It
was
> worth the agony.
> </kissing up>
> 
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