Relax guys… the bug has been submitted and no doubt a fix is imminent (lol). To those who posted “ideas” as per my original request… thanks. My personal view on a GUI is that it should not be half-baked and any of the critical paths to success should be addressed by the GUI. Hopefully, the only bit missing from AsteriskNOW is the section in question (Servic Providers) and we can all get on with evaluating the product. Cheers![/b]
If possible, how can one directly access and configure/edit the configuration files such as sip.conf, extensions.conf, etc, on AsteriskNOW?
i used teh iso to boot into rescue mode tehn chroot into the environment, from there i changed the root passwd. how do i import taht svn copy of that providers.conf file though? i know theres some svn command to pull it down, can you share it with me?
heres more step by step directions on obtaining root access.
reboot to the cd
use “linux rescue” when prompted for boot options
chroot /mnt/sysimage
passwd
reboot and have access to the system.
Hi
I tried adding 2 entries to the providers.conf.
[sip.broadvoice.com]
providername = Broadvoice
providerlogo = images/broadvoice.gif
protocol = sip
providerdesc = broadvoice.com allows Asterisk users and SIP clients to connect with each other over the SIP protocol.
hasiax = no
hassip = yes
registeriax = no
registersip = yes
host = sip.broadvoice.com
[voipjet]
providername = voipjet
providerlogo = images/voipjet.jpg
protocol = iax
providerdesc = The VoipJet Network. We have IAX servers is located just outside New York on the amazing NAC network and in California on 100% pure InterNap bandwith.
hasiax = yes
hassip = no
registeriax = yes
registersip = no
host = test.voipjet.com
These do show up on on the GUI, after which I added 2 trunks using the GUI. voipjet registers successfully. but I having trouble registering BV.
Has anybody successfully gotten trunks to work using the GUI.
Do I need to do add any register entry somewhere ?
Thanks
ive got telasip working with
[telasip]
providername = TELASIP
providerlogo =
protocol = iax
providerdesc =
hasiax = yes
hassip = no
registeriax = no
registersip = no
allow = g726
disallow = all
host = gw4.telasip.com
insecure = very
qualify = yes
trunk = yes
type = peer
but its still negiotiating with telasip with ulaw. i left out registration so my calls will income into my production box and im able to dial out with my asterisknow box including area code. i tried adding _1321+NXXXXXX into the call rules, but i still cant place calls without specifing the area code in the number.
does anyone here know how to register a provider for inbound calls?
gigabitfx,
have you tried modifying the iax.conf by uncomenting disallow=all and adding allow=g726
Thanks
[quote=“xboxer21”]does anyone here know how to register a provider for inbound calls?
gigabitfx,
have tried modifying the iax.conf by uncomenting disallow=all and adding allow=g726
[/quote]
Suggest you log this as a bug… as a GUI, this (and all essential elements)should be a standard feature without having to manually edit .conf files.
[quote=“voipmenow”][quote=“xboxer21”]does anyone here know how to register a provider for inbound calls?
gigabitfx,
have tried modifying the iax.conf by uncomenting disallow=all and adding allow=g726
[/quote]
Suggest you log this as a bug… as a GUI, this (and all essential elements)should be a standard feature without having to manually edit .conf files.[/quote]
Just logged it in.
Geeeez. I love how people complain about open source. It’s free yet they want it to be the best thing out there. It’s called open source for a reason. If you have a problem how about contributing. Before I partnerd with a C programmer if I had an issue I went on the dev list and payed some one to help me. And yes if you did read the book (which is real good) you may learn a thing or two. You can expect to sit and have asterisk do all the work for you. Hell, you will even run in to issues with a pricey PBX. Each system has it pro’s and con’s. Here on earth we call it life 
I don’t think anyone is complaining about open source… this thread is about sharing information about shortcomings of a program touted as having certain features that are not fully present. Digium is saying that AsteriskNOW is its GUI based PBX, yet (and I know it is in Beta) it falls far short of FreePBX.
So the point of the original post is to flush out others having similar problems so that it can be determined if it is a bug or simply me having a lapse in concetration and missing the obvoius.
Yes, I’ve gone back to using code to work around the problem and yes I will keep looking for a solution… but without these forums open source would die… without these forums open source products would never become “the best thing out there”.
Cheers V
That’s the reason I was very hesitant to log it in, then I logged it in as a feature request not as a defect.
Worst comes to worst you enter a bug thats not a bug and you learn. You can allways ask on the IRC channel. (irc.freenode.net room #asterisk).
The requested feature has been added Thanks to Pari of digium.
go to <ip_of_asterisk_box>/asterisk/static/config/cfgadvanced.html
if you are using asterisknow you will not be able to see this.
if you use the latest svn code then login to the GUI and you will notice that you have a option to allow and disallow codecs in iax.conf and sip.conf.
Yawn…
Looks like we have some guys who want to preserve their perceived expertise by on anything and anyone that tries to automate and dumb down the process. It’s a guy thing I guess!
These guys won’t get someone to fix the lawnmower even if they can’t do it properly themselves! The more complicated the better is their motto!
Personally, I think farting around with text files and learning all sorts of commands and syntax is for dweebs! If a GUI makes it simpler than a GUI is the way to go. KISS!!!
it’s funny to see someone else fall into the trap of thinking it’s “GUI against CLI” and posting without thinking too much.
Oh really…??
Care to revise your statement…?
what’s contradictory about that ? do i say “no-one should need a GUI” ? or “only thickies use a GUI” ? in nearby threads you could have read me saying that i use a homegrown GUI, in older threads i say i used to use AMP but found it too limiting.
as (again) i’ve said before, i’ve yet to find a GUI that does everything Asterisk can. ever notice how Nerd Vittles always seems to use [****-custom] contexts for the coolest add-ons ? or how patches for bugs don’t ship as an RPM ? or that certain country-specific settings don’t involve Asterisk conf files at all.
so i guess there are a lot more “dweebs” around than just me.
[quote=“baconbuttie”]what’s contradictory about that ? do i say “no-one should need a GUI” ? or “only thickies use a GUI” ? in nearby threads you could have read me saying that i use a homegrown GUI, in older threads i say i used to use AMP but found it too limiting.
as (again) i’ve said before, i’ve yet to find a GUI that does everything Asterisk can. ever notice how Nerd Vittles always seems to use [****-custom] contexts for the coolest add-ons ? or how patches for bugs don’t ship as an RPM ? or that certain country-specific settings don’t involve Asterisk conf files at all.
so i guess there are a lot more “dweebs” around than just me.[/quote]
Yawwwwn! But if you just want something that WORKS as a…ahhhh…phone…then why should you have to do that? Your answer undoubtedly is…because you can.
your argument still hold no water in the wilder world. in the Digium lab, with a set piece of hardware and Digium cards then maybe it would work. in the real world however, it’s not as simple as that is it.
if i wanted a phone i’d have bought a phone.
if this is so boring why do you need to answer ? because you can ?
LOL…
You wouldn’t buy a phone system that just works because then you can’t fart around with Asterisk, tweaking, patching, typing config files etc. Hence my whole point!
I don’t use Digium hardware anymore so I can’t tell you how that would go. Not very well the times I tried it but that’s another thread.