asterisk users - Jun 2005 - Asterisk @ Home setup & Doc

As a newbie to Asterisk, I'm in love. 

There is no information discussing the way to use the FTP program vsftpd
which is need for phone configurations.  So far I've been able to add a user
with useradd and add that user to the VSFTPD.USER_LIST and now I can FTP to
my Asterisk@home server but need the layout to configure both Polycom phones
and Cisco phones if anyone can help?

Is there any way an outlook client from an XP station can use their contact
list to dial the phone.  I read in other posts that there is a way to force
a phone off hook and dial or dial and direct it to the phone, but can this
be integrated with MS outlook?

Can anyone direct me to samples of how to reconfigure the panel for operator
use as well as just regular desktop use (removing trunks, queues..)?

I have heard that Polycom phones have a problem with Asterisk - any truth to
this?

Thanks

Paul,

1.) These questions are specific to Asterisk@Home, not asterisk, and  
you probably ought to post your question to the forum at  
asteriskathome.sourceforge.net (especially since A@H has specific  
Cisco config options.)
2.) These questions have been answered before, look at the A@H  
handbook and the voip-info wiki for more info on this.
3.) You are thinking of TFTP for the phones to DL their config info,  
not VSFTPD, which is a regular FTP server. Again, check the A@H  
handbook for info on the Cisco phones, A@H makes it extremely easy to  
set up the Cisco phones to work with Asterisk.
4.) You should be able to configure the Polycom phones with a web  
browser if you want to. It's easier for one phone, but harder if you  
plan on having many.
5.) For Outlook integration, check the wiki, I think you are looking  
for ast-gui.
6.) For the panel, again, check the A@H handbook, voip-info.org, and  
Google is your friend. Look for the answers yourself before you ask  
us to find them for you.
7.) There are many people who use Polycom phones with Asterisk. I  
know of no problems with them, but I only have one IP301, and I don't  
use it much since I got my Cisco unit.

HTH,

Tom

On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Paul wrote:
> As a newbie to Asterisk, I'm in love.
>
> There is no information discussing the way to use the FTP program  
> vsftpd
> which is need for phone configurations.  So far I've been able to  
> add a user
> with useradd and add that user to the VSFTPD.USER_LIST and now I  
> can FTP to
> my Asterisk@home server but need the layout to configure both  
> Polycom phones
> and Cisco phones if anyone can help?
>
> Is there any way an outlook client from an XP station can use their  
> contact
> list to dial the phone.  I read in other posts that there is a way  
> to force
> a phone off hook and dial or dial and direct it to the phone, but  
> can this
> be integrated with MS outlook?
>
> Can anyone direct me to samples of how to reconfigure the panel for  
> operator
> use as well as just regular desktop use (removing trunks, queues..)?
>
> I have heard that Polycom phones have a problem with Asterisk - any  
> truth to
> this?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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