
A practical guide for deploying and managing an Asterisk-based telephony system using the AsteriskNOW Beta 6 software appliance
Nir Simionovich
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Overview of AsteriskNOW
- Install an Asterisk-based telephony system fast
- Build an office PBX using AsteriskNOW
- Learn the AsteriskGUI web management interface
- Configure IP phones and connections
- Configure and use the conferencing system
- Write your own applications for Asterisk
[ Detailed Information ]
Language : EnglishPaperback : 204 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : March 2008
ISBN : 1847192882
ISBN 13 : 978-1-847192-88-2
Author(s) : Nir Simionovich
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Linux Servers, Networking & Telephony, Open Source
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[ In Detail ]
AsteriskNOW is an open-source Software Appliance from Digium: a customized Linux distribution, which includes Asterisk (the leading open-source telephony engine and tool kit), the AsteriskGUI, and all the other software needed for an Asterisk telephony system. AsteriskNOW is easy to install. It allows you to deploy Asterisk quickly and easily, and offers flexibility, functionality and features that are available only in expensive proprietary business systems.
What you will learn from this book :
- The basic components of an AsteriskNOW telephony system
- Installing AsteriskNOW
- Building an office PBX using AsteriskNOW
- Using the AsteriskNOW web GUI interface
- Configuring an IP soft phone: CounterPath X-Lite
- Configuring an IP hard phone: LinkSys 941
- Configuring an IP adapter
- Configuring a connection for an IAX2 DID provider
- How to plan the routing logic of your PBX
- How to record your system announcements
- Building a menu using the GUI wizard
- Configuring and using conference rooms with the conferencing system
- Writing your own applications for Asterisk with the Asterisk Gateway Interface
Who this book is written for
This book is for complete beginners who are interested in setting up their own telephony system and are overwhelmed with the configuration options in Asterisk. It shows how to install and configure AsteriskNow and configure the required dial plan.

A practical guide for deploying and managing an Asterisk-based telephony system using the AsteriskNOW Beta 6 software appliance
Nir Simionovich
Overview of AsteriskNOW
- Install an Asterisk-based telephony system fast
- Build an office PBX using AsteriskNOW
- Learn the AsteriskGUI web management interface
- Configure IP phones and connections
- Configure and use the conferencing system
- Write your own applications for Asterisk
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[ Detailed Information ]
Language : EnglishPaperback : 204 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : March 2008
ISBN : 1847192882
ISBN 13 : 978-1-847192-88-2
Author(s) : Nir Simionovich
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Linux Servers, Networking & Telephony, Open Source
[ Book Links ]
[ In Detail ]
AsteriskNOW is an open-source Software Appliance from Digium: a customized Linux distribution, which includes Asterisk (the leading open-source telephony engine and tool kit), the AsteriskGUI, and all the other software needed for an Asterisk telephony system. AsteriskNOW is easy to install. It allows you to deploy Asterisk quickly and easily, and offers flexibility, functionality and features that are available only in expensive proprietary business systems.
What you will learn from this book :
- The basic components of an AsteriskNOW telephony system
- Installing AsteriskNOW
- Building an office PBX using AsteriskNOW
- Using the AsteriskNOW web GUI interface
- Configuring an IP soft phone: CounterPath X-Lite
- Configuring an IP hard phone: LinkSys 941
- Configuring an IP adapter
- Configuring a connection for an IAX2 DID provider
- How to plan the routing logic of your PBX
- How to record your system announcements
- Building a menu using the GUI wizard
- Configuring and using conference rooms with the conferencing system
- Writing your own applications for Asterisk with the Asterisk Gateway Interface
Who this book is written for
This book is for complete beginners who are interested in setting up their own telephony system and are overwhelmed with the configuration options in Asterisk. It shows how to install and configure AsteriskNow and configure the required dial plan.