[asterisk-users] Advice

[Darrick Hartman]

Roland Roland wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> a few month ago I got the task of setting up asterisk for my company.
> I had 94 employee to set this up for ...
> I never heard of asterisk before to b honest, so after researching a bit..
> I started with a digium card with ZAP
> though that didn’t work out as the card were flawed..
> so ended up setting up SIP for everyone using a SIP callcentric accounts 
> as well as sipura for pstn lines..
> now it's working at it's minimal state.. but as  am out of the heat of 
> pressure from management..
> so now It's time to learn about asterisk the right way as I had lots of 
> help from this mailing list as well as the IRC channel that I'm not sure 
> I could do it again on my own..
>  
> so not to add more to my email, I'm seeking advice about the proper way 
> to learn about asterisk from A to Z if possible...

How about the Asterisk book?  Asterisk: TFOT

http://www.asteriskdocs.org/

It's about the most comprehensive guide out there for someone starting 
out.  However, if you really have 94 employees relying on this system, 
you might consider getting someone locally to consult with you and 
configure the initial system in a proper way rather than having the boss 
breathing down your back when it's broke and you can't fix it.  The last 
thing you want to do is set up something that works marginally well and 
have the company pull the plug on Asterisk because you (admittedly) may 
not know the best method.

Darrick