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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi there,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have just downloaded and installed asterisk a
couple of days ago, it compiled correctly and starts up and runs, on a Redhat 9
system freshly installed for testing. I don't have any extra hardware installed
so far, was attempting to just try out connectivity. I am having some probs with
the configuration, maybe someone out there can give me some tips :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>firstly on modifying the sip.conf file I got stuck
at the line</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>register => <A
href="mailto:1234@mysipprovider.com">1234@mysipprovider.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What exactly is a SIP provider? is this essential?
Leaving the line as it was in the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sample config file, asterisk crashes the machine
after trying to read the SIP.conf</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Crashes to the extent that the machine freezes ..
)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I would *like* the system to do is as follows
:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for now, just take an input call from a softphone
and route it through to an internet</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>calling gateaway (I have an account with Go2Call)
in such a way that I can play</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>around with the scripts & work out how to bill
it ..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in future I'd like to route calls from a number of
H323 calling gateways in different</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>locations to pass through a central node & bill
everything before forwarding the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>calls to a gateway in USA.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If anyone has unlimited patience and feels like
helping, it's more than appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally, are there any good books on the subject ?
I'm ok with IP networks and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the likes, but pretty green when it comes to
telephony.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>many cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave A. Caruana</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Malta</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>