[Asterisk-Users] Newie Questions

[Matthew T. O'Connor]

Thanks for your repsonse, perhaps I mis-stated my situation.  I have 
asterisk up and running with a TDM22B and have two analog phones working 
with two analog phone lines.  What I can't seem to get started on is the 
setup of a SIP phone.  I have looked at all the info on voip-info.org 
and it is somewhat helpful, but not enough to get it going.  So any help 
would be appreciated.

Also, is it generally accecpted that the Polycom phones are a good 
choice?  Why might I choose something else?  Can the Polycom phones be 
setup to work against a propritary phone system like the Nortel or Avaya?

Thanks again,

Matt



Dean Collins wrote:

>Yes asterisk not only competes with avaya and Nortel but exceeds them once you know what you are doing.
>
>If you are only new to Asterisk there is now asterisk at home http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net     
>
>don't be put off by the name - people run entire companies on this version)
>The asterisk at home solution the easiest way to get started. It is an .iso cd that you burn, load into a suitable PC (I run mine on a P3-700) and this super smart scripting code automatically installs the following software;
>Asterisk (the open source switching software) 
>AMP (an open source release of a gui configurator) they have their own separate sourceforge website https://sourceforge.net/projects/amportal 
>FOP (a graphical web page for transferring calls, monitoring who is online etc) http://www.asternic.org 
>Web meetme (a graphical web page for monitoring and controlling conference calls) 
>
>Check out www.voip-info.org for information about configuring your Polycom
>
>Welcome to the family.
>
>Cheers,
>Dean
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
>>bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matthew T. O'Connor
>>Sent: Friday, 10 June 2005 5:27 PM
>>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Newie Questions
>>
>>Hello, I'm new to asterisk.  My company is opening a new office and I'm
>>seriously considering using Asterisk for the phone system.
>>
>>A couple of questions:
>>
>>How does Asterisk compete with the Avaya IP Office or the Nortel BCM
>>systems?
>>
>>I have purchased a Polycom 500 phone but I'm having trouble getting it
>>setup and talking to Asterisk.  Is there somewhere that has SIP phone
>>setup A-Z for beginners?  All the documentation I have seen assumes you
>>know more than I know at this point.
>>
>>I'm sure I'll have lots more questions, but that will do for now.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Matt
>>
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