If I have an Asterisk server running behind a firewall, and I want to add phones outside of the firewall, is it just as simple as forwarding the appropriate ports on the firewall to the Asterisk ...

Digium sent us their Asterisk open source software PBX to CT Labs. It was installed on a dual-processor Linux server. With help from the Digium representative, we were able to connect three SIP phones ...

With the advent of voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology, there has been a dramatic movement toward IP-only telecommunications, leaving the twisted pair of yesteryear in the dust. Lower costs, automated ...

A key piece of the popular open source communication software gets an update. Making major changes to core functionality in an existing software project can be daunting. Making those changes in a ...

But if Snipes’ experience is any indication, business may be apt to use FreeSwitch as sort of Asterisk-on-steroids, providing advanced telephony services for the enterprise. For example, SipFoundry, ...

Some 700 users and enthusiasts of the Asterisk IP telephony system gathered in Dallas this week for the third-annual AstriCon conference, focusing on the open-source IP PBX and messaging software ...

Barrett Lyon has created a don't miss resource that shows you how to configure P2P SIP URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) dialing on your Asterisk-based PBX. "There are thousands of people that operate ...

So, you need to deploy a Private Branch eXchange (PBX) system for your small office. Or, maybe you want a voice-mail system running on your Linux box at home. What about an interactive voice response ...

Some organizations consider taking the plunge off PBX platforms into IP telephony as being pretty daring, but that’s nothing compared to what Sam Houston State University (SHSU) is doing. The south ...

Having completed its campus-wide wireless network last year, the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Australia has joined the handful of enterprises deploying the open source Asterisk IP-PBX ...