BK [address only for mailing lists]
2003-Jul-04 05:23 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Sacrifice?
Hi is there any ritual sacrifice a newbie has to perform to be welcome on this list? I am new to this whole PBX thing in general and Asterisk in particular. I had hoped that the community on this list would welcome a newbie like myself and help me with some answers to my stupid questions, but somehow it seems to me that nobody likes to respond to somebody who appears to be a complete beginner -- too much bother and a risk to have to explain everything from scratch -- better not answer at all and all that. Well, it may appear that way, but I am not a complete idiot. I know a lot about mobile switching centres, HLRs, VLRs, IN service nodes, mediation devices, billing and settlement systems etc -- I just don't know much about PSTN and PBXes. I would appreciate it if somebody could help me out with a few hints on how to set up my Asterisk box, in particular in respect of VoIP as per my last posting. thank you very much in advance kind regards bk
Actually, in many of the mailing lists that I have subscribed to, this one is one of the friendliest. Nevertheless, I have been remiss in reading your postings, so if you repost for me, I will do my best to answer. Kim C. Callis -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of BK [address only for mailing lists] Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 5:24 AM To: Asterisk List Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Sacrifice? Hi is there any ritual sacrifice a newbie has to perform to be welcome on this list? I am new to this whole PBX thing in general and Asterisk in particular. I had hoped that the community on this list would welcome a newbie like myself and help me with some answers to my stupid questions, but somehow it seems to me that nobody likes to respond to somebody who appears to be a complete beginner -- too much bother and a risk to have to explain everything from scratch -- better not answer at all and all that. Well, it may appear that way, but I am not a complete idiot. I know a lot about mobile switching centres, HLRs, VLRs, IN service nodes, mediation devices, billing and settlement systems etc -- I just don't know much about PSTN and PBXes. I would appreciate it if somebody could help me out with a few hints on how to set up my Asterisk box, in particular in respect of VoIP as per my last posting. thank you very much in advance kind regards bk _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Treat it simpler. most people on this list work with asterisk. at least most that I know. And they are like all IT guys quite heavily overloaded so they filter what they can answer and what they can't so the more informative the subject the more people will answer fast. besides that if you have urgent questions I would recommend the irc channel cause their are mostly people that can help fast :) asterisk-users is a community of mostly heavy duty users, at least from the answering side :) cheers Michael Bielicki On Friday 04 July 2003 1:23 pm, BK [address only for mailing lists] wrote:> Hi > > is there any ritual sacrifice a newbie has to perform to be welcome on > this list? > > I am new to this whole PBX thing in general and Asterisk in particular. > I had hoped that the community on this list would welcome a newbie like > myself and help me with some answers to my stupid questions, but somehow > it seems to me that nobody likes to respond to somebody who appears to > be a complete beginner -- too much bother and a risk to have to explain > everything from scratch -- better not answer at all and all that. > > Well, it may appear that way, but I am not a complete idiot. I know a > lot about mobile switching centres, HLRs, VLRs, IN service nodes, > mediation devices, billing and settlement systems etc -- I just don't > know much about PSTN and PBXes. I would appreciate it if somebody could > help me out with a few hints on how to set up my Asterisk box, in > particular in respect of VoIP as per my last posting. > > thank you very much in advance > kind regards > bk > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
bk, I'm a newbie myself, but I have at least got * working with a sip provider, although the quality was not to my liking, I was hooking up with iconnecthere. Here's what I had in sip.conf: [iconnecthere] type=friend insecure=yes port=5060 username=xyz secret=abc host=natrelay.deltathree.com dtmfmode=inband callerid=15408675512 nat=yes in extensions.conf: exten => 8500,1,Dial(SIP/15405551212@iconnecthere) This was just a test so I could dial 8500 and it would call my home phone. Probably have stuff wrong, but it seemed to work. For the rest, extensions.conf has enough stuff in it that you can go and make up your own stuff. HTH, Kelly On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 08:23, BK [address only for mailing lists] wrote:> Hi > > is there any ritual sacrifice a newbie has to perform to be welcome on > this list? > > I am new to this whole PBX thing in general and Asterisk in particular. > I had hoped that the community on this list would welcome a newbie like > myself and help me with some answers to my stupid questions, but somehow > it seems to me that nobody likes to respond to somebody who appears to > be a complete beginner -- too much bother and a risk to have to explain > everything from scratch -- better not answer at all and all that. > > Well, it may appear that way, but I am not a complete idiot. I know a > lot about mobile switching centres, HLRs, VLRs, IN service nodes, > mediation devices, billing and settlement systems etc -- I just don't > know much about PSTN and PBXes. I would appreciate it if somebody could > help me out with a few hints on how to set up my Asterisk box, in > particular in respect of VoIP as per my last posting. > > thank you very much in advance > kind regards > bk > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- Kelly McDonald <w4kpm@adelphia.net>
On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 07:23, BK [address only for mailing lists] wrote:> Hi > > is there any ritual sacrifice a newbie has to perform to be welcome on > this list?Do not sacrafice your patience on this list. You email complaining of not being answered after only 30 hours that is leading into a holiday weekend for a large portion of the people who do the answering here. If you where not welcome here, you would have been flamed right off. Avoidance doesn't convey any information since you can not garuntee that anyone on the other site read your message and choose to not respond to you. Please remember that in the case of a purely VoIP asterisk setup, no one on this list gets paid to support you. Only if you are buying Zapata hardware do the Digium folks get paid for the support, and they even provide you with a preferential way of contacting them for it. So be careful to not seem like you are demanding support from a group of volunteers that are either taking time out of their personal life, or out of their work schedule to answer these questions. BTW, whats up with your timezone. It shows +9 on your mail, but you are using a yahoo.co.uk address. -- Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>
Hi, You just have to be a little patient... try http://www.automated.it/guidetoasterisk.htm as a start, it might at least get you going with sip based stuff. I don't like to particularly push the guide specifically because it's mine. I'd rather you got it by recommendation... but hey, .... Andy *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 04/07/2003 at 21:23 BK [address only for mailing lists] wrote:>Hi > >is there any ritual sacrifice a newbie has to perform to be welcome on >this list? > >I am new to this whole PBX thing in general and Asterisk in particular. >I had hoped that the community on this list would welcome a newbie like >myself and help me with some answers to my stupid questions, but somehow >it seems to me that nobody likes to respond to somebody who appears to >be a complete beginner -- too much bother and a risk to have to explain >everything from scratch -- better not answer at all and all that. > >Well, it may appear that way, but I am not a complete idiot. I know a >lot about mobile switching centres, HLRs, VLRs, IN service nodes, >mediation devices, billing and settlement systems etc -- I just don't >know much about PSTN and PBXes. I would appreciate it if somebody could >help me out with a few hints on how to set up my Asterisk box, in >particular in respect of VoIP as per my last posting. > >thank you very much in advance >kind regards >bk > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users