Asterisk only for VoIP?

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Hello
I'm absolutely new to Asterisk!

I don't have any FX0 cards or anything, just a Fedora box
Can I just set up Asterisk on a LAN to connect a number of IP phones on the
network so they can all dial each other on local network and leave
voicemail?

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Only want to start with something simple at first-
Thanks!

Archived from groups: comp.dcom.voice-over-ip (More info?)

"abUser" <cci-acc.admin@cciholdings.com.au> writes:

>I'm absolutely new to Asterisk!

Welcome.

>I don't have any FX0 cards or anything,

I do. I rarely use them anymore.

For about $30 you can buy prepaid time with a decent VoIP provider.
At less than $0.02/minute that goes a long way. It's hard for me to
justify messing with telephone lines just to get worse service (fewer
features, single call appearance, poor line supervision, ...).

>just a Fedora box
>Can I just set up Asterisk on a LAN to connect a number of IP phones on the
>network so they can all dial each other on local network and leave
>voicemail?

Definitely. Asterisk is quite capable of that (and I've done it).
Give Asterisk a shot but don't hesitate to ask for help here. I know
there are people monitoring who would appreciate hearing about your
experience.

--kyler