Below i am going to document some simple and very useful commands for asterisk. These commands will help you gather important information that can help you diagnose an asterisk based system. First enter the asterisk console: asterisk -vvvvvvvvvr Global Commands Show the entre asterisk dial plan dialplan show SIP Commands Viewing all sip peer status…
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Simple Asterisk Phone System…
Below I detail how to set up a basic asterisk dial plan with 2 extensions, a SIP Trunk provider, and incoming calls ringing both extensions. in /etc/asterisk/sip.conf add: [100] ; extension 100 username=100 secret=100 host=dynamic nat=yes type=friend qualify=yes context=phones [101] ; extension 101 username=101 secret=101 host=dynamic nat=yes type=friend qualify=yes context=phones [SIP-PROVIDER] ; Trunk to/from SIP Provider type=friend…
Simple PHP and Asterisk dialplan…
In This post I am just going to publish how to make a simple dial plan in asterisk by sending the call to PHP to process. The application is just going to be the standard asterisk Milliwatt application which answers a call and plays a continues tone. In asterisk (On an Ubuntu Server System), /etc/asterisk/extensions.con add [Milliwait] exten =>…
Using Asterisk as a Proxy/LCR System..
Introduction. This post is going to briefly cover how to use asterisk to be a proxy between an old ISDN System and a SIP Trunk. This example also shows how to modify the dialed number to add in the area code you are dialing, for example if your users are used to just dialling 6…
Asterisk auto-dial out…
Asterisk call files are structured files which, when moved to the appropriate directory, are able to automatically place calls using Asterisk. Call files are a great way place calls automatically without using more complex Asterisk features like the AGI, AMI, and dialplan, and require very little technical knowledge to use. The Asterisk dial plan extensions.conf responds to someone…
How to Disable SIP ALG on Netgear Routers
SIP ALG is used to try and avoid configuring Static NAT on a router. Its implementation, however, varies from one router to another, often making it difficult to inter-operate a router with SIP ALG enabled with a PBX. In general, you would want to disable SIP ALG and configure one to one port mapping on…
Configuring a Yealink Phone…
In this article, i am going to walk you through setting up a yealink phone, so that it can make and receive calls via a SIP/VoIP/TISP Provider. Plug the phone in to a DHCP enabled network, click on menu, status and find the IP address of the phone. Type this addres in to a computer…
SIP/VoIP: Simple Trouble Shooting…..
In this article I am going to cover some simple and common steps that a user of a VoIP/SIP telephony system can do before calling they VoIP provider. No inbound calls: Firewall – Make sure the firewall is not blocking inbound connection to the phone/PBX. As a general rule make sure that UDP ports 5060,…
Setting up Fax to Email in Trixbox 2.8.0.2
Followed instructions on http://www.trixbox.org/forums/trixbox-forums/help/want-setup-fax-email with slightly modified settings. I am putting copying and pasting with my modifications in bold for Trixbox 2.8.0.2 (actually there is just one change ) <start paste> To configure Asterisk to listen for faxes on an inbound route, go to the Inbound Routes page, pick any route on which you want to…
Enterprise deployment OpenSIPS…
Introduction A load balancer setup can share load between multiple FS hosts according to load. A single ingress IP can be presented to the customer for the entire cluster simplifying the customer configuration (this can be combined with DNS SRV to give failover between data centres). The load balancer will measure load on each server in the…