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@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ on the project itself, please visit the Asterisk home page at: http://www.asterisk.org +In addition you'll find lot's of information compiled by the Asterisk +community on this Wiki: + + http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk + * LICENSING Asterisk is distributed under GNU General Public License. The GPL also must apply to all loadable modules as well, except as defined below. @@ -45,13 +50,12 @@ licensing scheme are added to the Asterisk-addons CVS module. == Linux == Currently, the Asterisk Open Source PBX is only known to run on the Linux OS, although it may be portable to other UNIX-like operating systems -as well. +(like FreeBSD) as well. * GETTING STARTED -First, be sure you've got supported hardware. To use Asterisk right now, -you will need one of the following: +First, be sure you've got supported hardware (but note that you don't need ANY hardware, not even a soundcard) to install and run Asterisk. Supported are: * All Wildcard (tm) products from Digium (www.digium.com) * QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack (http://www.quicknet.net) @@ -60,8 +64,9 @@ you will need one of the following: * ISDN4Linux compatible ISDN card * Tormenta Dual T1 card (www.bsdtelephony.com.mx) -Assuming you have one of these (most likely the third) you're ready to -proceed: +Hint: CAPI compatible ISDN cards can be run using the add-on channel chan_capi. + +So let's proceed: 1) Run "make" 2) Run "make install" @@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ the sample PBX, with demonstration extensions, etc. If so, run: "make samples" -Doing so will overwrite any existing config files you have. +Doing so will overwrite any existing config files you have. If you are lacking a soundcard you won't be able to use the DIAL command on the console, though. Finally, you can launch Asterisk with: @@ -143,3 +148,5 @@ you're interested in getting more information. Welcome to the growing worldwide community of Asterisk users! Mark Spencer + + |