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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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 <A
href="mailto:Asterisk@home">Asterisk@home</A> 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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wiley</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com on
behalf of Callum McGillivray<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 3/3/2005 8:42 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Thanks for the quick reply Kevin (and Dean!)...<BR><BR>It's the
kind of answer I was hoping for.<BR><BR>The E1 has been used on a Hardware based
PBX until a week or so ago, so I<BR>can't see there being an issue
there.<BR><BR>We are looking at replacing our existing PBX with an Asterisk
Machine and<BR>the E1 live for another month before it gets switched off (we
just switched<BR>providers and now have an additional E1 kicking around doing
nothing..)<BR><BR>Another question... and I know that it's all relative to
experience,<BR>complexity etc, but how long should I take into account to get
some basic<BR>voicemail, messages on hold, and basic IVR type stuff up and
running?<BR><BR>We have several programmers / linux admins in house and they are
pretty good<BR>at what they do, and have been canvassing the lists to work out
the<BR>details... but we lack experience at the moment.<BR><BR>We have also been
looking at various GUI's for Asterisk... (Asterisk@home<BR>being one)... can
anyone recommend one that would be ideal for a business<BR>user in a basic small
/ medium office environment?<BR><BR>Thanks
again,<BR><BR>Callum<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com<BR>[<A
href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</A>]
On Behalf Of Kevin P.<BR>Fleming<BR>Sent: Friday, 4 March 2005 2:28 PM<BR>To:
Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<BR>Subject: Re:
[Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question<BR><BR>Callum McGillivray wrote:<BR><BR>>
Can anyone tell me from experience how long it might take to get it up<BR>>
and running so that we can make some basic test calls ?<BR><BR>If the hardware
is functional and the E1 is provisioned properly, a<BR>decent admin should be
able to have Asterisk running and making test<BR>calls in a couple of hours.
That's a long way from 'done', though
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