[asterisk-users] Newbie on VoIP

[Steve Totaro]

2008/3/3 Hans Witvliet <hwit at a-domani.nl>:
>
> On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 10:14 +0800, NOC Ph wrote:
>  > Hi Guys,
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > I'm new in VoIP, I heard from a friend that asterisk is good in VoIP
>  > service especially on SIP. I'm planning to replace our old PBX system
>  > (legacy of Panasonic) to VoIP so that even out of the country we can
>  > still communicate cheaper than regular phone. But I have a few
>  > questions though before I change our OLD PBX to VoIP.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > 1. Does asterisk generate CDR? If yes how do I see it or generate it?
>  > Because I have to monitor people who's calling overseas.
>  >
>  > 2. How do I secure it? Co'z I have to open it via Public IP. Can I
>  > know the port asterisk used assuming I'll use SIP.
>  >
>  > 3. If it run on linux, it run will on BSD but I read from google that
>  > it has specific version for BSD. Can I know what version are for
>  > FreeBSD?
>  >
>
>
>  Hi,
>  Just a quick one.
>  Last month i created a asterisk system running on freebsd-7
>  (pre-release) Nothing special, Took an 1.4 asterisk from the ports tree.
>
>  Only minor point is that it takes foreven and a day to rebuild the whole
>  lot, but that is because i had to use old hardware. (bsd is pick about
>  hardware....)
>
>  But on the whole, it works nicely including the tdm-board.
>
>  hw
>

I am going to chime in for the best turnkey solution.  Switchvox.  I
have setup a couple switchvox boxes (long before they were purchased
by Digium) and could not have been happier.  Great UIs, functionality,
documentation, and support.

Thirdlane would be my second choice, followed by FreePBX.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro