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VoIP with the Asterisk PBX
Mike Gerschefske
Justin Gray
James Yoo
What is VoIP?
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VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol
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It provides a means of transmitting voice
communication over an IP based network
VoIP can use a variety of types of VoIP, by far the
most common types are SIP, H.323 and Skype.
There are literally hundereds of different software
based VoIP phones available and there also
exists wide support for hardware VoIP phones
from major manufactures such as Cisco.
Why VoIP?
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It can use existing network infrastructure.
It can operate over relatively low bandwidth
connections.
It can be very cost effective.
VoIP is a feature rich solution for relatively
low cost.
C’mon, you know you’ve always wanted your
own personal PBX!
Why Asterisk?
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Cost = $0.00
Features
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http://www.asterisk.org/features
Support
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Asterisk is the most widely supported open
source PBX
Project Goals
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Setup an Asterisk server based on Linux
Create and test SIP accounts using
softphones.
Link accounts to voicemail.
Test variety of Asterisk plugins.
Route incoming and outgoing calls across
physical telco network.
Challenges
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Choosing a Linux Distribution
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Suse sucks!
Gentoo doesn’t.
Mandrake is great for a quick fix.
Asterisk Dependencies
Asterisk compiliation
Finding a FXO card
Drivers for aforementioned FXO card
Hardware
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http://www.digitnetworks.com/
The Diginetworks X100P FXO card,
is about $18 and allows people to
build a pretty simple PBX without
spending a lot of money
They wouldn’t let me bring this one
from work 
Dell
Demonstration
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Mike calls James
James calls Justin
Justin calls Mike, gets voicemail
Mike Checks voicemail
James Forwards calls to Mike, Justin calls
Mike puts Justin on hold.
X100P Demo of real call