Asterisk Setup for noob...

[dswartz]

Not offhand. I've not used pbxinaflash, but I've heard good things and it is less flaky than trixbox.

[scott2020]

PBX In a flash is great and I think much cleaner than trixbox. They are also building it so upgrades aren't a huge pain. There are lots of cool scripts made for it too that install neat little extras.

However, in another thread about odd disconnects, there is some discussion about Asterisk 1.4 with VoipO disconnecting after 30 minutes. It apparently has something to do with session timers not being supported in Asterisk 1.4.

But, the PIAF ISO image allows you to install 1.4 or 1.6 beta, and the 1.6 beta does work with session timers. I haven't tried it yet personally but I plan to.

Scott

[dswartz]

I can confirm the session timer aspect. I am running asterisk on a separate box (not pbxinaflash) and migrated from 1.4 to 1.6 so I could make voipo calls longer than 30 minutes

[zevin]

I love the help and chatter, keep it going.

I tried to install the pbxinaflash last night but was unable to get the CD to run at bootup. I checked and the CD drive is number one in boot order. I was using a CD-RW would that make a difference?

I am going to try again tonight with a new copy. Any ideas as to why the ISO that I burned would not boot to install.

[dswartz]

no idea, maybe downloaded or burned it wrong?

[burris]

I love the help and chatter, keep it going.

I tried to install the pbxinaflash last night but was unable to get the CD to run at bootup. I checked and the CD drive is number one in boot order. I was using a CD-RW would that make a difference?

I am going to try again tonight with a new copy. Any ideas as to why the ISO that I burned would not boot to install.

Since I have forgotten to do so at times, be sure the ISO you burn is set up to be burned as a bootable ISO.

[usa2k]

FWIW I use a free program on Vista http://www.imgburn.com/ that is great for ISO distros.

I don't expect you would have just copied the data to a CD or DVD anyway - just thought it is a good plug for the software

[zevin]

I was able to burn the ISO just fine using Nero. The only blank CD I had was a CD-RW. I was excited and couldn't wait any longer so I use the CD-RW. I think that is my problem. For what ever reason it doesn't like the CD-RW.

I am now burning again to a CD-R. I also finally figured out how to get GRUB to stop taking over and allow the CD to boot. BIOS was set to CD Rom drive as the first but GRUB would overpower BIOS.

I hope tonight I will see some progress.

For what ever reason the CD-RW would never boot.

[scott2020]

I like DeepBurner for burning ISO images. They have a free version. In the past, I have had trouble sometimes with an ISO burn that wouldn't boot, only to re-burn it to another CD and it works fine. My problems have always been dirty CD drives and stuff like that.

I installed PbxIAF on a virtual machine last night with the Asterisk 1.6 option. I could not for the life of me get into FreePBX though. It kept asking for the admin and maint passwords, and I kept entering them, only to get rejected. I went ahead and updated to FreePBX version 2.5 hoping to fix it, but no real luck there. I ended up going into the amportal.conf (I think) file and taking out the database login check thing, and removed the .htaccess from the /admin pages and I did get in. But, I do get hammered for passwords still and I just keep entering in stuff until it lets me in! Good grief.

Tim is sending me a Grandstream that I will use for now. I'll play with 1.6 and move everything over to it eventually.

Scott

[zevin]

Well I can call out but am unable to call in to the box. I see were the device is registered in the vpanel. I have a dinamic IP and am using DynDNS. I am at a loss for ideas.

I will post my inbound config when I get home tonight.