[VoIP] Help with getting SOMETHING to get onto CNET

[John Novack]

Spock71 wrote:
> For 3 months now, I've been wanting to join CNET and get SOMETHING set up so I can dial in and listen to all the test numbers, recordings, monitor-lines, etc. that you guys have set up, but unfortunately, I've been wasting alot of time with trying to get an Asterisk solution that would work 24/7, AND not have a fan in it [I HATE FANS running 24/7], i.e. a thin client PC (or even a router like the WRT-54g which I still haven't used yet, that I've heard can be turned into a thin client and run Asterisk).  The only thing I've managed to do so far is get Asteriskwin32.com's version of the software, and I've been toying around with the extensions.cfg and sip & iax.cfg files to get a better understanding of how to set up trunks and lines, only to find my efforts were in vain: I couldn't even get an extension "81" to dial into FWD to dial my '547881' number I've got on a phone on my Sipura SPA-2002.  I did however manage to set up the Sipura's 2nd FXS port to access my asteriskwin32
>  .com server (running on my reg. pc) and get ext.#71 assigned to it and get it to register.
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> FIRST things first however:  I'd like to get an Asterisk box (or actually an Asterisk appliance) up and running so I can learn .cfg file principles without relying on this PC and a somewhat inefficient version of Asterisk (AsteriskWin32) on an intermittent level.  After THAT, I believe the fun begins, as it was like "back in the day".
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> Jeff Kauffman  KA3RXE  (Amateur Radio Callsign)
Someone recently turned me on to AstLinux
Currently, I have it up and running on a thin client HP 5520 with 64 Meg 
Flash and 128 Meg memory.
The documentation is thin ( no pun intended ), and I had a little 
trouble getting it into the flash. Also the liveCD doesn't boot properly 
from a CD rom. Neat thing about these is that with a proper cable, you 
can remove the flash and plug in a 2.5 HD and run with that. No fan, but 
one moving part!
This met with success just in time, as my usual Asterisk box is sick and 
I have yet to do anything more than turn it off. I haven't even pulled 
it out of the rack
Perhaps with slightly different hardware, or boot and run from a USB pen 
drive you can get up and running enough to make and even receive calls.

My time is scarce right now, but if you want more information, contact 
me off list.

John Novack

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Dog is my co-pilot