What you will learn from this book

The basic components of an AsteriskNOW telephony system

Installing AsteriskNOW

Building an office PBX using AsteriskNOW

Using the AsteriskNOW web GUI interface

Configuring an IP soft phone: CounterPath X-Lite

Configuring an IP hard phone: LinkSys 941

Configuring an IP adapter

Configuring a connection for an IAX2 DID provider

How to plan the routing logic of your PBX

How to record your system announcements

Building a menu using the GUI wizard

Configuring and using conference rooms with the conferencing system

Writing your own applications for Asterisk with the Asterisk Gateway Interface

Who this book is written for

This book is for complete beginners who are interested in setting up their own telephony system and are overwhelmed with the configuration options in Asterisk. It shows how to install and configure AsteriskNow and configure the required dial plan.

Author(s)

Nir Simionovich