Asterisk Setup for noob...

[dswartz]

If this machine is behind the router and needs no firewall, I think (I use redhat, which is what I think trixbox uses) you want this:

chkconfig firewall off

p.s. do yourself a huge favor here: what you are running is OLD. chock-full of bugs and honestly it sucks. a good distro to try is pbxinaflash.

[zevin]

If this machine is behind the router and needs no firewall, I think (I use redhat, which is what I think trixbox uses) you want this:

chkconfig firewall off

p.s. do yourself a huge favor here: what you are running is OLD. chock-full of bugs and honestly it sucks. a good distro to try is pbxinaflash.

I did not know that... There seems to be so many variations to the * system.

I am open to any and all suggestions. I will look at pbxinaflash and I will probably install tonight. Anything I should be aware of?

Thanks for your reply dswartz, keep the ideas coming.

[dswartz]

Not offhand. I've not used pbxinaflash, but I've heard good things and it is less flaky than trixbox.

[scott2020]

PBX In a flash is great and I think much cleaner than trixbox. They are also building it so upgrades aren't a huge pain. There are lots of cool scripts made for it too that install neat little extras.

However, in another thread about odd disconnects, there is some discussion about Asterisk 1.4 with VoipO disconnecting after 30 minutes. It apparently has something to do with session timers not being supported in Asterisk 1.4.

But, the PIAF ISO image allows you to install 1.4 or 1.6 beta, and the 1.6 beta does work with session timers. I haven't tried it yet personally but I plan to.

Scott

[dswartz]

I can confirm the session timer aspect. I am running asterisk on a separate box (not pbxinaflash) and migrated from 1.4 to 1.6 so I could make voipo calls longer than 30 minutes

[zevin]

I love the help and chatter, keep it going.

I tried to install the pbxinaflash last night but was unable to get the CD to run at bootup. I checked and the CD drive is number one in boot order. I was using a CD-RW would that make a difference?

I am going to try again tonight with a new copy. Any ideas as to why the ISO that I burned would not boot to install.

[dswartz]

no idea, maybe downloaded or burned it wrong?

[burris]

I love the help and chatter, keep it going.

I tried to install the pbxinaflash last night but was unable to get the CD to run at bootup. I checked and the CD drive is number one in boot order. I was using a CD-RW would that make a difference?

I am going to try again tonight with a new copy. Any ideas as to why the ISO that I burned would not boot to install.

Since I have forgotten to do so at times, be sure the ISO you burn is set up to be burned as a bootable ISO.