asterisk users - Feb 2004 - Does Digium TDM400P + X100P make a switchboard?

Hi all users,

Can build a switchboard with TDM400P + X100P?

I need a receptionist to pick up the incoming calls and transfer them to 
appropriate employee.

Do I need those Nortel telephones for this or Panasonic KXTD kind of phones? 
Can I use an ordinary touch-tone phones to transfer the incoming calls? 
Can I put someone on hold with an ordinary phone? 
What do I dial to do these things?

Thanks to all.
Agron.

Hi!
> Can build a switchboard with TDM400P + X100P?
> I need a receptionist to pick up the incoming calls and transfer them to 
> appropriate employee.
You might want to read the handbook draft:
http://www.digium.com/handbook-draft.pdf
> Do I need those Nortel telephones for this or Panasonic KXTD kind of
> phones? Can I use an ordinary touch-tone phones to transfer the
> incoming calls? 
First you need to decide if you want analog phones (zaptel driven) or 
voice-over-ip (SIP, Skinny, H.323, MGCP).

For phones see:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+phones
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones
> Can I put someone on hold with an ordinary phone? 
Yes, see "call parking", and there might be other ways to accomplish
this
as well.
> What do I dial to do these things?
Start reading here:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+PBX+functions
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk

Cheers, Philipp