Asterisk VOIP setup (on the office side)

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On Thu, 19 May 2005 23:18:55 -0700, Orc General wrote:

> Suppose you set an Asterisk server as the gate keeper to your voice line
> with Bell.
>
> What hardwares do you then set up in the inside (the office) so that you
> have at least a decent phone system for small business setup. Lets say I
> want about 5 phone sets inside the office (one on each desk of the
> business partners, so that when they need to make a phone call they would
> pick up the set, press #9 or whatever and be able to make a call outside).
> What kind of phones do I buy to utilize Asterisk (does it have to be
> voip). What hardware must I buy for the Asterisk server so that it will
> hook up to the bell land line? Can more than one person make call to
> each other internally? Say personA ..dials personB in the other room. By
> the way: I know very very little of PBX hence these simple questions.

These contain all the answers and more:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp [...] erisk.html
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp [...] risk2.html