[Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question

[Wiley Siler]

As someone who started out using * when I was just slightly educated on Linux, I can say that you are probably many steps ahead of the average new * user.  You have people that know Linux so that is a major plus.  The actual configuration of the services you reference is very easy and you could probably have a full system installed in a day.  What takes time is doing your dial plan and making sure you have your confs right.  That can take a day or two at least for someone who gets it.  It took me about 2 weeks of tinkering and Wiki reading to get all the concepts down but I had only been a tinkerer with Linux at that point.  If you follow the Getting Started With Asterisk guide from the link at digium.com, you can have most of the setup done lickity split.  Then do the install of the sample confs and you will see how it is all stitched together.  Alternatively, you can look for Asterisk at home which has a lot of tools integrated for a real turnkey Asterisk install but you will miss the benefit of knowing the innards.  Best of luck!  I think you will do well with the resources you have.
 
Cheers,
Wiley
 

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From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com on behalf of Callum McGillivray
Sent: Thu 3/3/2005 8:42 PM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question



Thanks for the quick reply Kevin (and Dean!)...

It's the kind of answer I was hoping for.

The E1 has been used on a Hardware based PBX until a week or so ago, so I
can't see there being an issue there.

We are looking at replacing our existing PBX with an Asterisk Machine and
the E1 live for another month before it gets switched off (we just switched
providers and now have an additional E1 kicking around doing nothing..)

Another question... and I know that it's all relative to experience,
complexity etc, but how long should I take into account to get some basic
voicemail, messages on hold, and basic IVR type stuff up and running?

We have several programmers / linux admins in house and they are pretty good
at what they do, and have been canvassing the lists to work out the
details... but we lack experience at the moment.

We have also been looking at various GUI's for Asterisk... (Asterisk at home
being one)... can anyone recommend one that would be ideal for a business
user in a basic small / medium office environment?

Thanks again,

Callum

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kevin P.
Fleming
Sent: Friday, 4 March 2005 2:28 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question

Callum McGillivray wrote:

> Can anyone tell me from experience how long it might take to get it up
> and running so that we can make some basic test calls ?

If the hardware is functional and the E1 is provisioned properly, a
decent admin should be able to have Asterisk running and making test
calls in a couple of hours. That's a long way from 'done', though :-)
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