[ILUG] Making a mini-pbx with Linux and Asterisk

[Martin List-Petersen]

Citat Bryan O'Donoghue <typedef at eircom.net>:

> What I have is two Equinox multi modems (supported under 2.4)  and any 
> number of ATX boxes to play with.
> 
> There are three line simulators in the building.
> 
> Once of which is a very interesting looking thing called a Micro Sevel 
> LS200 Mini-pbx simulator, unfortunately it's on lone from Qa and I can't 
> keep it and the rest of the time I have to fight over the other two line 
> simulators with the other R&D, Tech Support and QA people.
> 
> 
> But, it occurs to me, if I'm understanding right, Asterisk is a magical 
> bit of software with will do PBX on a Linux system for me and since I 
> have access to two four port equinox multi modems... shouldn't it be 
> possible for me to build my own PBX? Or... am I suffering from being in 
> work at 11pm on a Saturday night delusions?

Surely, Asterisk should do the job, but i'm not sure, if your equinox multi
modems are supported.

Asterisk supports (PSTN wise) two pstn chipsets (Motorola and Intel), a good
range of ISDN cards and of course PRI interfaces. Once you've confirmed, that
your hardware is supported you will have a full featured PBX with Voicemail,
call conferencing, full VoIP capability and loads of other fancy features.

One thing is to add: If you want to work with Asterisk it'll take quite some
reading and effort to get going. Asterisk is versatile, which also makes the
learning curve quite steap.
 
Slán Leat,
Martin List-Petersen
Dublin, Eire
(contact info ==> http://www.marlow.dk)