Asterisk. The Future of Telephony 

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• 1. Asterisk: The Future of Telephony

• 2. Table of Contents

• 3. Copyright

• 4. Foreword

  Foreword

• 5. Preface

  Preface

• 6. Audience

• 7. Organization

• 8. Software

• 9. Conventions Used in This Book

• 10. Using Code Examples

• 11. Safari Enabled

  Safari Enabled

• 12. How to Contact Us

• 13. Acknowledgments

• 14. Chapter 1. A Telephony Revolution

  Chapter 1. A Telephony Revolution

• 15. Section 1.1. VoIP: Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Telephony and Network Telephony

• 16. Section 1.2. Massive Change Requires Flexible Technology

• 17. Section 1.3. Asterisk: The Hacker s PBX

• 18. Section 1.4. Asterisk: The Professional s PBX

• 19. Section 1.5. The Asterisk Community

• 20. Section 1.6. The Business Case

  1.6. The Business Case

• 21. Section 1.7. This Book

• 22. Chapter 2. Preparing a System for Asterisk

  Chapter 2. Preparing a System for Asterisk

• 23. Section 2.1. Server Hardware Selection

• 24. Section 2.2. Environment

• 25. Section 2.3. Telephony Hardware

• 26. Section 2.4. Types of Phone

  2.4. Types of Phone

• 27. Section 2.5. Linux Considerations

• 28. Section 2.6. Conclusion

• 29. Chapter 3. Installing Asterisk

  Chapter 3. Installing Asterisk

• 30. Section 3.1. What Packages Do I Need?

• 31. Section 3.2. Obtaining the Source Code

  Stable and Head

• 32. Section 3.3. Compiling Zaptel

• 33. Section 3.4. Compiling libpri

• 34. Section 3.5. Compiling Asterisk

• 35. Section 3.6. Installing Additional Prompts

  Other Useful Add-ons

• 36. Section 3.7. Updating Your Source Code

• 37. Section 3.8. Common Compiling Issues

• 38. Section 3.9. Loading Zaptel Modules

• 39. Section 3.10. Loading libpri

• 40. Section 3.11. Loading Asterisk

• 41. Section 3.12. Directories Used by Asterisk

  3.12. Directories Used by Asterisk

• 42. Section 3.13. Conclusion

  3.13. Conclusion

• 43. Chapter 4. Initial Configuration of Asterisk

  Chapter 4. Initial Configuration of Asterisk

• 44. Section 4.1. What Do I Really Need?

  4.1. What Do I Really Need?

• 45. Section 4.2. Working with Interface Configuration Files

  4.2. Working with Interface Configuration Files

• 46. Section 4.3. FXO and FXS Channels

• 47. Section 4.4. Configuring an FXO Channel

  4.4. Configuring an FXO Channel

• 48. Section 4.5. Configuring an FXS Channel

  4.5. Configuring an FXS Channel

• 49. Section 4.6. Configuring SIP

• 50. Section 4.7. Configuring Inbound IAX Connections

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