[asterisk-users] new install of asterisk appliance.

Wed Jul 2 22:24:37 CDT 2008

The Asterisk appliance has it's place.  Once you understand the 
restrictions and/or design limitations, it does it's job just fine.  
After a few teething problems, it ran just fine.  Certainly for future 
installs where there are a few PSTN lines, I'll be considering the 
Asterisk appliance for the job.

Yes, I like the flexibility of modifying the dialplan directly, but for 
smaller installs something like the Asterisk Appliance fits just fine 
and isn't as much overkill of a full Asterisk install on a half-decent 
server.  Problem is that the middle ground - Asterisk on a desktop 
machine - isn't something I'd recommend to /anyone/.  The appliance 
should handle up to 20 extensions without too much problem (I know they 
say it'll do up to 50, but with the embedded processor it has, I find 
that hard to believe) and for anything beyond that, it's worthwhile 
dropping an extra few hundred for a decent low-end server.

Michael Graves wrote:
> This thread makes me glad that I've avoided the Asterisk Appliance and
> Asterisk GUI. I have a similar installation using Astlinux and had not
> trouble defeating the router function. With Lonnie Abelbeck's revised
> web interface it's a pleasrue to configure.
>
> Michael
>
> On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:39:15 +1000, Rob Hillis wrote:
>
>   
>> Yeah, it's a real pain in the proverbial.
>>
>> Short version is that if you're not planning on using the LAN interface 
>> for phones then you need to enable provisioning on the WAN interface, 
>> allow access to the web interface from the WAN interface and configure 
>> the provisioning URL with your WAN interface's IP address.
>>
>> You /will/ need to use the WAN interface in order to be able to access 
>> the appliance from any subnet other than the one you're directly 
>> connected to since you can't set a default gateway that's on the LAN 
>> interface (/don't/ try and configure the LAN and WAN interfaces to be 
>> part of the same network - that's a guaranteed way to get the appliance 
>> upset with you!)
>>
>> I spent a good few hours on my first appliance tearing my hair out 
>> trying to work this one through!  To make it easy on yourself, wherever 
>> possible /always/ keep phones on the LAN interface - but that LAN 
>> interface needs to be separate from your production LAN unless you're 
>> planning on using the Asterisk appliance as your router.
>>
>> Paul Hales wrote:
>>     
>>> The Asterisk appliance is a but naughty - is really like the idea of 
>>> handling DHCP on it's lan ports (and having the phones on them) and 
>>> hooking up the WAN port to your local network.
>>>
>>> I have heard you can get around this, but it's a bit of work. (no 
>>> personal experience)
>>>
>>> Paul Hales
>>> NTS
>>>
>>>
>>> Dean Collins wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Davey, not to second guess you but sounds like you don’t have a clue.
>>>>
>>>> This is the way I have my network setup.
>>>>
>>>> Router
>>>>
>>>> |
>>>>
>>>> |
>>>>
>>>> SBS server 2003 Nic 1
>>>>
>>>> SBS server 2003 Nic 2
>>>>
>>>> |
>>>>
>>>> |
>>>>
>>>> 16port gb switch
>>>>
>>>> | |
>>>>
>>>> | |
>>>>
>>>> Pc’s Asterisk server
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>>>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Sydney 
>>>> Web Hosting
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 July 2008 8:13 PM
>>>> *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] new install of asterisk appliance.
>>>>
>>>> Netcomm is directly connected to the server via server network card.
>>>>
>>>> ive now got it up and running. I changed the WAN info in asterisk 
>>>> appliance, not the LAN info.
>>>>
>>>> Now the phone wont get connected. Ive added an ip directly into phone 
>>>> with correct settings.
>>>>
>>>> but when I access it via web browser it doesn’t come up.
>>>>
>>>> Should I be able to access it.
>>>>
>>>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>>>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Dean 
>>>> Collins
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, 3 July 2008 9:40 AM
>>>> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] new install of asterisk appliance.
>>>>
>>>> But where is the windows 2003 server?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>>>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Sydney 
>>>> Web Hosting
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 July 2008 7:20 PM
>>>> *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] new install of asterisk appliance.
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>>
>>>> ive got the netcomm router.
>>>>
>>>> of the netcomm router ive got 1 LAN port going into the WAN port of 
>>>> the appliance.
>>>>
>>>> Then 1 LAn port from the appliance goes to my PC.
>>>>
>>>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>>>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Dean 
>>>> Collins
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, 3 July 2008 8:22 AM
>>>> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] new install of asterisk appliance.
>>>>
>>>> Can you ping the ip address from another machine on your lan.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>>>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Sydney 
>>>> Web Hosting
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 July 2008 5:59 PM
>>>> *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] new install of asterisk appliance.
>>>>
>>>> Just confirming that 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.150 is your existing lan 
>>>> range correct?
>>>>
>>>> Yes this is correct. The range is actually 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254
>>>>
>>>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>>>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Dean 
>>>> Collins
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 July 2008 10:18 PM
>>>> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] new install of asterisk appliance.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Davey,
>>>>
>>>> Just confirming that 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.150 is your existing lan 
>>>> range correct?
>>>>
>>>> (and not a new address range that you didn’t configure properly in 
>>>> sbs2003 – also I’m assuming you are using Isa2004 as well correct?)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
>>>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Sydney 
>>>> Web Hosting
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 July 2008 8:05 AM
>>>> *To:* asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>>>> *Subject:* [asterisk-users] new install of asterisk appliance.
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Ive just purchased an asterisk appliance. (AA50)
>>>>
>>>> ive connected the AA50 to my pc directly via Ethernet and logged in 
>>>> via 192.168.169.1 and I can log in fine.
>>>>
>>>> But then when I go into the asterisk gui > network to change the 
>>>> settings to get it on our LAN im having trouble.
>>>>
>>>> It just won’t connect via the ip address ive assigned it of 192.168.1..15
>>>>
>>>> Im on a windows network. (sbs2003 server)
>>>>
>>>> The changes Ive made in asterisk are as follows.
>>>>
>>>> (Under lan)
>>>> IP = 192.168.1.15
>>>> DNS = 192.168.1.1
>>>> IP start range = 192.168.1.15
>>>> END range = 192.168.1.150
>>>>
>>>> Im assuming that I have to change this info so I can access it via the 
>>>> network, rather than to have it connected to my pc all of the time.
>>>>
>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Davey.
>>>>
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