Asterisk

From Luke Jackson

To learn more about Asterisk and its partners you can visit their website at Asterisk.org.

Introduction

Asterisk is an open source PBX system then runs on the Linux operating system.

I support Asterisk because of its price benefits and ease of expansion.

Some key features of Asterisk are listed below.

• Voicemail to eMail
• Softphone (Computer Based Phone) support
• Analog Phone Support (PSTN)
• ISDN PRI support for DID based routing
• VoIP support

Download

Hardware

Software

Tutorials

FAQs

How do I dial from the CLI?

You'll need chan_oss for that. chan_oss provides a "dial" command form the CLI that literally connects the soundcard (via chan_oss) to the outgoing line. By including the module chan_oss, you'll find a new "dial" command on the CLI.