Asterisk For Dummies
- 5h 35m
- Brady Kirby, Stephen P. Olejniczak
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2007
Bridge data and voice with Asterisk!
Create and maintain an economical Asterisk phone system from scratch
Asterisk is the open-source PBX software that offers you the chance to save real money on your voice communications. Here's how to choose the right hardware, install the software, handle all the necessary programming to set up the system, and keep it running smoothly.
Discover how to
- Tie together standard voice and VoIP
- Use AsteriskNOW's GUI interface
- Install cards and telephony devices
- Build dialplans for incoming and outgoing calls
- Manage call flow
About the Authors
Stephen Olejniczak is the Director of Operations for ATI, and has over 14 years of experience in telecommunications. His experience is focused on installation, service, and support of voice service with a growing responsibility for delivering VoIP. He's the author of Telecom For Dummies.
Stephen didn't start out in life as a techie, only falling prey to the glamour and easy money after failing to find a career enabling him to use his Bachelors degree in Cultural Anthropology.
Brady Kirby is the owner of Atlas VoIP and has been programming since he was 13 years old. The initial challenge of writing small screen savers in qbasic wasn't enough for him and by the 10th grade he worked his way up to the strong stuff — game programming.
In this Book
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Asterisk For Dummies
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Foreword
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Introduction
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Evaluating the Possibilities with Asterisk
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Installing Asterisk
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Installing AsteriskNOW
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Configuring the Hardware
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Using Dialplans — the Building Blocks of Asterisk
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Comprehending Dialplan Syntax
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Adding Features to Dialplans
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Building Dialplan Infrastructure
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Operating the AsteriskNOW GUI
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Utilizing VoIP Codecs
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Maintaining Your Phone Service with Asterisk
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Troubleshooting VoIP Calls with Packet Captures
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Maintaining Your Telecom Services
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Addressing Call-Quality Concerns and Completion Issues
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Handling Dedicated Digital Troubles
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Managing Asterisk for Peak Capacity
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Providing Long-Term Health for Your Asterisk Switch
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Ten Things You Should Never Do with Asterisk
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Ten Fun Things to Do with Your Asterisk
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Ten Places to Go for Help
