i second it. i had no previous experience with any telecom equipment or even the lingo. I didnt know what channel meant in telecom world. i started with the * handbook and did a lot of googling, searched the archives. Search, search and search. There is lot of info here. i am happy to say that i hv my * up and running.
* is a great product and Hats off to the team. Keep up the good work. -B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Roberson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk. > Well, since everyone else is top-quoting on this message, so will I :P > > I'm no veteran either. As a matter of fact, I have had ZERO prior > knowledge to the telcom industry or more than 'user level' experience > with telecommunications in general. I decided that I wanted to expand > my knowledge, and actually LEARN a few things, so I jumped into > asterisk. I was, and quite frankly, IMO, still AM a 'n00b' to *. > However, after playing around, and learning what things do, by reading > the documentation that IS there, searching the archives, and just > trolling the list and IRC, I have learned more in the last 4-5 months of > having * than a lot of people I've noticed have learned in a lifetime of > experience. I now have a fully functional (well, minus MOH, because > mpg123 isn't yet compiled on my new box), * implementation, serving > myself and my roommates strictly over VoIP, and a couple ata's and a > Internet PhoneJack card. I love it. And I'm STILL learning to this > date. > > Asterisk is not something you can expect everyone to just drop what > their doing and help you with. Sure, it can be frustrating, but if you > are so dense that you can't sit down an play with it and learn what > happens when you type something in the cli, or change a few things in > your dialplan, then get out, I agree. > > If you liked taking apart mom's hairdryer as a kid and seeing how it > worked, and then later on, rewired up a few things to do what you wanted > them to, or even took a hex editor to command.com in msdos to change > what it says to suit your taste (mucho guilty on that one.. lol), then > you will have no problem finding out what you can and can't change > simply by editing files, and trying things out. > > Take off your training wheels, and just TRY IT. > > - Josh R. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SW > > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:13 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digium. Com > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk. > > > > Hello, > > > > I am not a veteran here, but would like to share my thoughts on this > > subject. > > > > True, * is opensource and freely available, but it is not a computer > > program > > that you download and run. It is a very versatile telecommunication > > product > > you would otherwise pay at least 100 K to buy from a telecom vendor, > if > > not > > more based on modules and usage, license hash-codes etc. > > > > Even to try * one would need some pre requisite knowledge in telecom, > if > > not > > many years in the field. I work for a large telecom company and my > > specialty > > is voice over broadband (or xDSL). I worked with asterisk for couple > of > > months now and I am amazed to see areas of telecom that * touch upon > with. > > Starting from Linux, to SIP, H323, DSL technologies (PPP, PPPoE, > PPPoA, > > DHCP, NAT), Call routing(Dial Plan), IVR, Transcoding, STUN are few > areas > > that one would have to master even thinking about *. > > > > True one would know the syntax, and howtos etc, but also would have to > > have > > the ability to troubleshoot. For last two-three months in this list, I > > have > > not seen any newbi posting a sip trace (from a ethereal or a TCP dump) > and > > asking a question about it. I have seen many question for instance, > asking > > syntax of h.323 dial, but never seen a question asked on a h323 trace. > > > > I think, having * openly available is like keeping an airplane openly > > available in a airfield, so that anybody can try flying. Tell me how > many > > of > > us would go try and fly that airplane if we do not know how to fly :) > > > > Point that I want to make here is simple, please try to understand > what * > > is > > all about. If you like it's features and would like it to run in a > > production environment try to get some professional help. If you are > > learning these technologies for fun then get educated, use tools > available > > to troubleshoot. Hooking up couple of phones and making a call is far > from > > knowing *. > > > > Asterisk is a great product (thanks Mark and many others) and if you > know > > what you are doing, you can do wonders with it. Don't put it down, > because > > you do not have the background to understand it or work with it. > > > > Cheers > > > > SW > > > > > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:37:24 -0800 (PST) > > From: Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk. > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed > > with open arms. First, you will find almost no > > documentation on it's features. Second, if you try to > > ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to > > worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'. These worthless > > documents can only be useful for explaining how things > > work to those already in-the-know. Lastly, Asterisk > > is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults. > > With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your > > problems to be fixed anytime soon. > > > > RUN!!! 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