[asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

[Tiago Geada]

Hello there!

If your box has a live Internet connection, then all you need is a sip
provider.

Back to when I lived in the UK, there was this "voipuser.org" which gave me
a fixed british number for free, and some outbound call minutes too.

I'm sure that if you search around for SIP Providers, you may be able to
find some free stuff.
I believe that Outbound calls cost money, not incoming calls. I'm not
totally sure tho.

Anyway, you should find a provider and try to register with them,


-

Regards,

Tiago Lourenço Geada

2010/1/5 UIT DEVELOPMENT <uitdev at gmail.com>

> Jamie - I will check that out!  Thanks!   It is just for testing and
> yes, the Asterisk box is connected to the Internet.  Cool.
>
> -M
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Jamie A. Stapleton
> <jstapleton at computer-business.com> wrote:
> > Could use the free http://www.sipgate.com/one for some testing (assuming
> that Asterisk is connected to the Internet)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of UIT DEVELOPMENT
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:54 PM
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie
> >
> > Hello All -
> >
> > I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize
> > myself with all of this.  I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to
> > be complete.   This is my first exposure to all of these technologies.
> >
> > I installed AsteriskNow on my old dual Pentium 833mhz Dell PowerEdge
> > 2400 and the install went well.   I can log in and poke around in
> > Linux and I even configured the box to be recognized on my windows
> > network.  However, is there a GUI that I can access to help me set
> > things up?  I've gotten so far as what looks to me like "DOS" windows
> > that I can change various things in the OS...
> >
> > I do not have any other hardware installed.  No cards and no VoIP
> > phones.   I havent got to the point where I can make a test call or
> > anything like that.  I dont know how to tell if Asterisk is up and
> > running and how I can tweak it, etc.   I've been reading a lot of
> > different things, and have become a bit confused. I think that in time
> > it will come to me but I needed to stop and ask because I need to know
> > if I am on the wrong path for what I'd like to do someday....
> >
> > My main question is: CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone
> > using a soft-phone?   If so, how can I do that?   Also, can I use my
> > cell phone to call into that box?   I dont know if I have to get a
> > phone number, or do I NEED a phone number?   At the moment, I do not
> > have any dollars to throw at this project.   Its purely for learning,
> > proof of concept sort of thing for myself on my spare time in the
> > evenings.  I would simply like to be able to call out and be able to
> > call into that box.  Later on down the road maybe I will get into
> > setting up an IVR using a database so I can call into that system from
> > wherever and get information read back to me.  But, first things
> > first....  I'd like to know if I am heading down the wrong path here.
> >
> > Sorry for what might seem as really silly questions, but I am not sure
> > how to proceed.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any insight that you folks can provide!
> >
> > Mike
> >
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