Introduction To Asterisk

Asterisk is both an open source Telephony toolkit and a full-featured PBX. This session provides an overview of Asterisk's design goals, development process, architecture and features. It is intended to provide a broad overview of the Asterisk project in an easy to digest, non-technical language suitable for VoIP newcomers.

Instructor: Greg Boehnlein (damin), N2Net

Asterisk Programming for the Real World

Instructor: Brian Capouch

Asterisk@home

This tutorial will go through the complete installation and configuration of an Asterisk PBX using the Asterisk@Home package. A system will begin the loading process at the beginning of the talk, and by the end, a fully functioning PBX system will be up and running.

During the installation and compiling time, the features of the AMP interface will be shown and demonstrated. Several advanced tips and setup tricks will be highlighted during the discussion.

The tutorial will also cover the different types of phones and adapters needed for a successful implementation.

• What is Asterisk@Home
• Comparison to commercial systems
• Pros and Cons
• Hardware requirements
• Installation Guide
• Step by Step setup
• Updates
• AMP Interface
• Setting up extensions
• Setting up trunks
• SugarCRM overview
• Zaptel configuration
• ITSP Configuration
• Advanced tips

Instructor: Kerry Garrison

Technical Director of Tech Data Pros, an IT consulting firm. Publisher of GeekGazette.com, a portal site of VOIP and IT information.

Kerry Garrison has been in the IT industry for over 20 years with both corporate and independent experience. As an IT consultant, Kerry works with companies to solve their IT needs. With Asterisk, Kerry has published numerous articles, has been interviewed on several radio programs, and was featured in Investor’s Business Daily.

Meet The Pro's:
an open Asterisk FAQ session

Do you have a list of questions that you haven't received any answers on when you sent them to the mailing list? This is your oppurtunity. A panel of Asterisk experts (and some of them in the audience) will answer all questions related to Asterisk in an open session.

Instructor: Digium support engineers