[asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

[UIT DEVELOPMENT]

Jamie - I will check that out!  Thanks!   It is just for testing and
yes, the Asterisk box is connected to the Internet.  Cool.

-M

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Jamie A. Stapleton
<jstapleton at computer-business.com> wrote:
> Could use the free http://www.sipgate.com/one for some testing (assuming that Asterisk is connected to the Internet)
>
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> Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie
>
> Hello All -
>
> I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize
> myself with all of this.  I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to
> be complete.   This is my first exposure to all of these technologies.
>
> I installed AsteriskNow on my old dual Pentium 833mhz Dell PowerEdge
> 2400 and the install went well.   I can log in and poke around in
> Linux and I even configured the box to be recognized on my windows
> network.  However, is there a GUI that I can access to help me set
> things up?  I've gotten so far as what looks to me like "DOS" windows
> that I can change various things in the OS...
>
> I do not have any other hardware installed.  No cards and no VoIP
> phones.   I havent got to the point where I can make a test call or
> anything like that.  I dont know how to tell if Asterisk is up and
> running and how I can tweak it, etc.   I've been reading a lot of
> different things, and have become a bit confused. I think that in time
> it will come to me but I needed to stop and ask because I need to know
> if I am on the wrong path for what I'd like to do someday....
>
> My main question is: CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone
> using a soft-phone?   If so, how can I do that?   Also, can I use my
> cell phone to call into that box?   I dont know if I have to get a
> phone number, or do I NEED a phone number?   At the moment, I do not
> have any dollars to throw at this project.   Its purely for learning,
> proof of concept sort of thing for myself on my spare time in the
> evenings.  I would simply like to be able to call out and be able to
> call into that box.  Later on down the road maybe I will get into
> setting up an IVR using a database so I can call into that system from
> wherever and get information read back to me.  But, first things
> first....  I'd like to know if I am heading down the wrong path here.
>
> Sorry for what might seem as really silly questions, but I am not sure
> how to proceed.
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight that you folks can provide!
>
> Mike
>
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