Comments on: The Incredible PBX: Meet the New Kid on the Block

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:18:31 +0000

Sipgate fine print states that the sipgate ONE account is limited to 60 minutes / month. Does that mean that if I follow this tutorial I’ll be bound to those terms when using sipgate as the SIP provider?

[WM: Unfortunately, that’s a new addition. You’ll be better off implementing the new Incredible PBX for Asterisk 1.8 which provides unlimited Google Voice calling in the U.S. and Canada without an intermediate provider.]

By: Glenn Jensen

Glenn Jensen — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:56:56 +0000

Ward / Gang... I was wondering if Incredible PBX for asterisk 1.8 ever came out. I just tried the script, and it warned me that it was for 1.2, 1.4, and 1.6 (and I pay attention to warnings when it comes to asterisk!!!) [WM: Incredible PBX 1.8 link is referenced in the third paragraph of the article.]

By: ward

ward — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:03:06 +0000

A major SIP security vulnerability was discovered in all versions of Asterisk today. You can read all about it here.

We have developed a script which will quickly patch your system and eliminate the problem. Log into your server as root and issue the following commands:

cd /root
wget http://incrediblepbx.com/sipfix
chmod +x sipfix
./sipfix

Please apply this patch immediately to protect your server!

By: piratpl

piratpl — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:35:14 +0000

Hi, I've setup the server according to instruction and everything is working fine except i get a one-way choppy sound (only on the phone that dials in to my pbx, no problem with the phones register in my pbx) I'm running the pbx on a dedicate hardware, no VM. Is there anything in the logs that i can look for to help to troubleshoot the problem. Thanks! [WM: The forums. :wink: ]

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:08:03 +0000

Thanks to everyone who helped make Google Voice work – and it is working as the default on our system.

And here is a tip for those who may have Vtech wireless phones attached to an Asterisk system – we have the 2 line wireless phones and were having many problems with flipped digits and added digits until we used the "relaxdtmf=yes" and now they work perfectly. Other phones may have a similar problem.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:51:30 +0000

Ward,

I just installed incredible PBX and I have sipgate + google voice setup, but I can’t get inbound or outbound calling to work….I can dial internal extensions…

Should I wait for the incredible pbx with asterisk 1.8?

[WM: If you don’t mind using Asterisk 1.8 (which appears to be rock-solid), it will certainly be worth your wait. Much simpler install and instantaneous calling for openers. Coming Nov.1.]

By: ward

ward — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:12:58 +0000

Coming Nov. 1: Incredible PBX for Asterisk 1.8 with zippy quick (and free) Google Voice calling in U.S. and Canada via Gtalk/Jabber/Gmail. No more intermediate provider callbacks!

By: ward

ward — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:16:45 +0000

An issue has been reported with CDR reporting in FreePBX. If you installed Incredible PBX before today, here’s the fix. Log into your server as root and issue the following commands:

amportal stop
cd/usr/src/asterisk-addons
make clean
make install
amportal start

Special thanks to krzykat for debugging this.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:14:06 +0000

Hi,
this is really incredible… I love this solution. I just have it worked as described, thanks again.
But I would want to know if I can setup two google voice trunks on my PIAF box. I’m trying to use the callback option so one trunk can call me back while the other trunk will help me to place another call if I’m away from home. Has anybody done that? Thanks…

[WM: Did you look at the list of other articles??]

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:52:35 +0000

I have an incoming-calls-only project for which I have a dedicated machine with Gentoo/Asterisk/PHP/MySQL/Lighttpd already installed. But I have no clue how VoIP works. I'd like to be contacted by someone who likes money and has a much larger clue than I have. [WM: Post your message on the forums. I'm sure you'll get lots of calls. :-) ]

By: Ilukester

Ilukester — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:00:03 +0000

Hey so this is supposed to have the install-a2billing script? but when I type: /root/nv/install-a2billing
I get "No such file or directory." Is there any way to download the script?

[WM: http://pbxinaflash.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7857 ]

By: Harold

Harold — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:19:53 +0000

With this upgrade you included FreePBX 2.6, any reason for me not to upgrade for FreePBX 2.7 (we don’t done any FAXing)?

[WM: If it ain’t broke… ]

By: mick

mick — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:21:50 +0000

Will an asus Eee Pc with 900mghz intel celeron m and 512mb ram and 8 gb flash drive work with pbxinaflash.

[WM: Problems have been reported with CentOS drivers and the EEE PC so we wouldn’t recommend it unless you really know a lot about installing missing drivers in CentOS.]

By: mick

mick — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:08:25 +0000

Do you think that a netbook with a 900MHz Dothan Pentium M, 1 gb ram, 8gb flash card(upgradeable), would be good for pbxinaflash? I have on laying around would like to put it to some use.

[WM: Haven’t tried that combination. It’s worth a try. You’ll know if it works. 🙂 ]

By: shey

shey — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:09:49 +0000

hi, i’m trying to follow the instructions above and i’m in the part of entering the command line specified on the steps, however i get an error after the command.

this is the command on instructions:
mysql -uroot -ppassw0rd -e "select id,data from asterisk.sip where id=’701′ and keyword=’secret'"

error message:
ERROR 1045 (28000) access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: yes)

please help…..! thanks!

[WM: Make sure your MySQL root password is passw0rd with a zero.]

By: twinclouds

twinclouds — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:23:19 +0000

I understand one reason for the iPBX being secure is that it does not open any port behind the hardware firewall. Recently, I tried to install GV and sipgate on raw FreePBX through AsteriskNow. I didn't need to open any port specifically. So did some port had automatically open or it is also secure in that sense? [WM: We're obviously not in a position to vouch for the security of someone else's distribution. You might want to post this on their forum.]

By: Steven Heicher

Steven Heicher — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:45:45 +0000

I would change the 611 and 511 extensions to something else, since much like 911 and 411 (or any x11 number), they are reserved. In many states, traffic information is obtained through 511, and 611 is not only used by wireless carriers, but also many landline and VoIP carriers as well.

[WM: Anyone is free to change the extension numbers to whatever numbers best meet your needs. That’s the beauty of open source.]

By: Yitzhak Bar Geva

Yitzhak Bar Geva — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:45:16 +0000

What’s your take on using the Giada N10 instead of the Acer Aspire Revo?

By: chris

chris — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:06:22 +0000

Any clue is the verizon fios actiontec works well with this? I can’t change it out since its over coax and its a pain to run new cables in my house.

WM: it’s certainly worth a try. You’ll know if it works. 🙂

By: Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:26:29 +0000

Hey Ward, this post, and your whole damn site is invaluable. However, I’m running into an issue. Gvoice dials my Sipgate number, but never rings through to my cell. I check the call log in SG, and it’s showing the calls coming through, just not routing to the cell.. any ideas?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:15:24 +0000

The incrediblepbx.com site is showing a 509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded message, so I can’t download incrediblepbx.x. Is it available anywhere else?

[WM: Fixed. Sorry.]

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:17:39 +0000

BTW faxes come in thru sipgate w/o a glitch

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:20:53 +0000

First TYVM just got into voip and free pbx and im fascinated. Only wall i have ran into is that faxes come in excellent through the sipgate phone (i know GV doesnt support it) but i also have Broadvoice (I know they suck but o well)i just dial 9 if i want to use BV to go out. now i cant figure out how to chose BV as my fax out trunk when i use the pbx to fax out.
Thanks again.

[WM: In your setup, it sounds like you’d just dial 9 and the number to send a fax out through BV.]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:02:09 +0000

Thanks for the excellent resource Ward. Unfortunately, I just visited sipgate and they are not taking any new subscribers. :-( [WM: Thanks for the heads up. According to their tweets, new numbers should be available later this week. :wink: ]