<p>I'll keep this all in mind. I don't plan to become a Cisco expert over night. Flirts I'll try to make them use Asterisk. I don't know the details yet. But some of these big organizations don't even want to consider anything other than the proprietary systems.<br>
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<p>Zeeshan A Zakaria</p>
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<p><blockquote type="cite">On 2010-09-14 4:23 PM, "David Backeberg" <<a href="mailto:dbackeberg@gmail.com">dbackeberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Zeeshan Zakaria <<a href="mailto:zishanov@gmail.com">zishanov@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</font></p>
<p><font color="#500050">> Now I have no previous experience with Cisco systems and don't want to screw<br>> up anything. Are th...</font></p>sometimes. Cisco supports "SIP", but depending on the product,<br>
asterisk inter-networking with call transfers / dials / etc. can be,<br>
ummm, interesting, and you have to do Transfer() rather than Dial() if<br>
you want subsequent transfers / conferencing, etc. to work within<br>
Cisco. Basically, call setup / control and RTP aren't necessarily on<br>
the same device(s) which is the opposite of my asterisk experience.<br>
<p><font color="#500050"><br>> I guess the underlying VoIP technology is the same for both the systems so it<br>> shouldn't be hard...</font></p>sometimes. Again, the size of the deployment is relevant here.<br>
<p><font color="#500050"><br>> Any ideas, suggestions. I'd appreciate your help as what to look for, where to start from.<br></font></p>Again, at some point you'll need to call a reseller. In the meantime,<br>
if you want to keep them honest, you should get your hands on paper or<br>
digital copies of the Cisco press books about their phone system<br>
products. Can't recommend anything specific without knowing things<br>
about size and purpose of the install.<br>
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