TRIXBOX without Tears

The ICT serial following

Asterisk@Home without Tears

 

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trixbox

Without Tears

 http://dumbme.voipeye.com.au/trixbox/index1.htm

The Other Dumb-Me Guide

(Australianised for AU&NZ users)

 

Versions 1.x with freePBX

 

(Version 1.2.3e)

 

by

 

Ben Sharif

(The Author of Asterisk@Home without Tears)

About the Author

Last updated on November 30, 2006

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First Published on 1st June 2006

 

This document is released under the Creative Commons By-Attrib Non-Commercial Share-Alike 2.1 licence.

This work is dedicated to my wife, who has been very patient with me, Andrew Gillis and Rob Thomas whose devotions to TRIXBOX and freePBX made it all possible.

 

h*g

 

Stay tuned for our next episode – TRIXBOX version X


Table of Content

 

Forward. 7

1  Introduction. 8

1.1  The Components. 8

1.1.1  The IP PBX. 8

1.1.2  Phones. 9

1.1.3  SIP Gateway. 9

1.1.4  Home Network. 9

1.1.5  VOIP Service Providers. 9

2  Is VOIP for You?. 10

2.1  What is it going to cost?. 10

2.2  What will the Quality of the phone calls be?. 10

3  Installation. 11

3.1  Change default Settings. 14

3.1.1  To get Help. 15

3.1.2  Change IP Address (set IP address to Static) 15

3.2  Configure TRIXBOX using Web Browser 17

3.2.1  Log in to System Administration. 17

3.2.2  Configuring Trixbox using freePBX. 18

3.3  General Settings. 21

3.3.1  Dial Command Options. 22

3.4  Extensions. 24