From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 6 15:51:32 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1C3D106566C for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 15:51:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D34D8FC17 for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 15:51:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws7 with SMTP id 7so104104vws.13 for ; Thu, 06 May 2010 08:51:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.221.78 with SMTP id ib14mr5502564qcb.28.1273161083676; Thu, 06 May 2010 08:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.229.88.12 with HTTP; Thu, 6 May 2010 08:51:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100506153214.GA4878@holstein.holy.cow> References: <20100506153214.GA4878@holstein.holy.cow> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 11:51:23 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: df8453daa3f9b777 Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: parv@pair.com, Alejandro Imass , Lee Shackelford , questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Magic Jack VOIP telephone X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 15:51:32 -0000 On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:32 AM, wrote: > in message > , > wrote Alejandro Imass thusly... >> > ...> > Alejandro, how time & labour intensive is to set up Asterisk on a > daily use laptop? =A0Could Asterisk not be used by itself for all VoIP Ok, if you don't need dialplans, voicemails, and several extensions, you don't need asterisk. Just install Skype client on FBSD (you will need linux emulation to get the Skype client going), and purchase an actual phone number with your area code from Skype, and some pre-paid credit. That's it.... you will be receiving/making call from skype on FBSD in no time. Regardiong Asterisk it's actually very easy and without any prior knowledge I was able in just about 4 days to make a complete soft-phone based telephone system with 10 ekiga extensions, automated menu (ivr) and the works (voice mail that is routed via e-mail) - the works - just by installing from port and reading the free asterisk book pdf you can download from many places (yes, the book is actually free as in beer). > needs per my superficial Asterisk understanding? > Just read the book. > Was setting up Asterisk as simple as installing > /usr/ports/net/asterisk-bristuff or /usr/ports/net/asterisk1{2,6}? > Yeap! Alex > > =A0- parv > > -- > >