[asterisk-users] Asterisk first time user

[Kevin Smith]

I guess take this into consideration if time isn't a real factor 
(however, I'm sure it is). In my experience I found it best to start 
learning with the configuration files only then use the GUI. The GUI's 
are very nice and handy, but sometimes I feel they lack what you could 
do with manually creating your dial plan. Also you learn how to debug / 
troubleshoot problems by experimenting with it, I found that to be very 
helpful. Maybe build out your dial plan with the GUI so you can get your 
office up and running, then make a new context to experiment with doing 
things manually.

Kevin

Aaron Stranberg wrote:
> Thanks for the response, to clarify a bit,  I don't mind the hands on 
> installation but after the system is up and running I would like to 
> have a GUI front end that I can dump off to less linux friendly folks 
> for creation of new extensions, voicemail setup etc.. Thanks again for 
> the response.
>
>
> -Aaron
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Matt Watson <matt at mattgwatson.ca 
> <mailto:matt at mattgwatson.ca>> wrote:
>
>     On May 19, 2008 03:21:34 pm Aaron Stranberg wrote:
>     > Folks,
>     >   We are a small office with remote users less than 20 total phone
>     > extensions, and I am looking for some guidance on choosing between
>     > asterisknow and a centos/ubuntu or any other os with an asterisk +
>     > asteriskgui build out?  Looking to get up and going quick with
>     some method
>     > of GUI administration that won't require a ton of ongoing linux
>     admin level
>     > support.  I hit a couple of stumbles going the asterisk +
>     asterisk GUI
>     > route (404 errors on ivr page etc..)  and am tempted to take the
>     easy path
>     > of asterisknow iso and go.  Thanks for any pointers, and advance
>     apologies
>     > if this had been beat to death.
>     >
>     > -Aaron
>
>     IMHO, there is really no way to say "this one is best".  Each
>     solution might
>     be better at X while the other is better at Y... its very
>     dependent on your
>     situation....
>
>     Though, I gather you'd rather not deal with the actual OS-level,
>     so you are
>     probably best to stick with one of the complete packages like
>     AsteriskNOW,
>     Trixbox (they have a free and paid version), PBX in a Flash, and
>     i;m sure
>     there are many others...
>
>     I haven't used any of them however so I can't really speak about
>     the pros and
>     cons of them.
>
>     --
>     Matt
>     http://www.mattgwatson.ca
>
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