Hi All,
Firstly, although I’m technically fairly competent, having been a programmer, windows sysadmin, web author, and Cisco CCNA,I have no particular linux skills or experience.
I started dabbling with Asterisk about 3 months ago, using a clean dell pc (2gb ram, 3.2 Ghz processor, 1tb HDD, and an x100p analogue telephony card. I starter with asterisknow as the perceived “easiest” way to get a working PBX… Alas I was then told that it wouldnt support the x100p…
Fair enough I thought… did some more research, and went out and bought an Openvox A400p card as this seemed to be a popular budget option. I only have one analogue line, but I do need it connected and working for my business.
I use ubuntu on all of my workstations, so I thought it best to run it on the server as well, so did a complete clean install to Ubuntu 64 bit server edition v10.x
The only other task this box performs at present is to update my dynamic ip address to dyndns from time to time. Although I would like it to at some point become a media server for the house & office.
I have now lost count of the number of attempts I have made to create a working PBX… I have used package managers and downloaded and compiled tarballs for numerous variants of numerous versions of Asterisk. I have blacklisted drivers and tweaked configs until I am blue in the face… all to no avail. I have followed numerous step by step guides word for word and line by line right up until the moment where they no longer applied due to being out of date or for other hardware…
I have finished up confused and depressed by the enourmous diversity of choices, options, and legacy information out there in the Asterisk world. Any primers or newbie guides (such as the ones written for asterisk@home) seem to have been written around 2005/2006 and are woefully out of date. The transition from Zaptel to Dahdi seems to have created enourmous confusion with all of the guides seeming to be from the zaptel days.
At this point I really dont care what version of linux I run, or what version of asterisk. I’m happy to tear the existing box down and start again… All I want is something that I can install quickly and simply, that will recognize and work with my Irish analogue line (I’m in Ireland), and my a400p card, and that will allow me to make and receive calls. A management GUI would be nice…
Any and all advice would be gratefully received… I’m still of the opinion that Asterisk is potentially fantastic and would make a great addition to my business… I’m sure that It’ll blow me away… If I ever get it working…
Thanks in advance…
Gavan
Update: 12/1/11
Thank you to Digium for the information they sent through.
I’ve given up on Ubuntu and Asterisk… it appears that no-one really knows the answer. I’m going to try Asterisk-now 1.7.1…
