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VoIP Over VPN: Securely Interconnecting Asterisk Servers

VoIP Over VPN: Securely Interconnecting Asterisk Servers

Monday, June 1, 2009

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Today’s tutorial walks you through interconnecting Asterisk servers for secure communications using Hamachi virtual private networks and the Proxmox Virtual Environment. The setup process takes less than 15 minutes per server.

Whole House iPod + $5/mo. Gets You Every Song on the Planet

Whole House iPod + $5/mo. Gets You Every Song on the Planet

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Napster just announced an incredible $5 a month bundle that you won’t want to pass up. Couple it with the Sonos music system and you’ve got a near perfect sound system that’ll meet your every need.

Asterize Your Data: Taming ODBC with Asterisk

Asterize Your Data: Taming ODBC with Asterisk

Thursday, April 30, 2009

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Ever wanted to use your Asterisk phones to quickly retrieve data from a company database? Today’s article will walk you through getting ODBC connectivity working on your Asterisk system. And it provides all of the building blocks you’ll need to connect to almost any database in the world.

Asterisk on Steroids: The Orgasmatron Installer, Part II

Asterisk on Steroids: The Orgasmatron Installer, Part II

Monday, April 20, 2009

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In our last column, we introduced you to the new Orgasmatron Installer for PBX in a Flash. After a one-week break to prepare for our visit to the Atlanta Asterisk® Users Group 3d Annual InstallFest, we’re back in the saddle today to flesh out the new baby. For those that are new to all of this, let’s briefly review what the Orgasmatron Installer has added to your Lean, Mean Asterisk Machine. Faxing and email now work out of the box.… Read More ›

Why Wait? Build Your Own Skype Gateway to Asterisk

Why Wait? Build Your Own Skype Gateway to Asterisk

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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What do calls to and from a couple 100 million of your closest Skype friends around the world have in common with Asterisk? Well, now they’re free calls to and from your nearest Asterisk extension! Today we’ll show you how to build your own dedicated Skype gateway to Asterisk in under 15 minutes using freely available, open source tools.

Introducing Atomic Flash: 15-Minute Turnkey Asterisk Installs

Introducing Atomic Flash: 15-Minute Turnkey Asterisk Installs

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

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Introducing a bootable flash drive that builds turnkey Asterisk systems in under 15 minutes. And we’re giving the first 100 away for free to every generous contributor to the PBX in a Flash project…

Free At Last: The Emancipation of the Apple TV

Free At Last: The Emancipation of the Apple TV

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Today we’ll walk you through the process of transforming any Apple TV into a feature-rich, open source media center platform with complete web, SSH, and SAMBA networking support. It’s simple enough that both you or your favorite Fifth Grader can do it in under 15 minutes! Can Asterisk be far behind?

What PBX in a Flash Brings to the Asterisk Table

What PBX in a Flash Brings to the Asterisk Table

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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As 2008 comes to a close and PBX in a Flash celebrates its First Anniversary, today we hand over the editorial reins to some of our PBX in a Flash users to express in their own words why they chose PBX in a Flash as their Asterisk distribution of choice and what their return on investment has been…