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Dec/11

Migration Plan From Ubuntu 10.04 LTS To 12.04 LTS

Filed Under Linux at 28th December 2011 0:01 by

Overview I’m preparing myself to move from 10.04 to 12.04. With 12.04 as the next Long Term Release (LTS) coming in the next release I thought it was time to prepare for the inevitable move from old to new. Setup … Continue reading →

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Dec/11

FreePBX MySQL Caller Lookup Source

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 13th December 2011 0:01 by

Overview One of the reasons I switched to MySQL instead of using the built in phonebook was because the numbers weren’t matching the ones in the internal phonebook. The built in phonebook only allows numbers so international numbers with + … Continue reading →

3

Oct/11

Add Sipgate To FreePBX

Filed Under PBX at 3rd October 2011 12:26 by

Overview sipgate provides a SIP trunk which can be used to make or receive calls. It has one of the best cost value I have seen because there are no line rentals, a local number can be selected within the … Continue reading →

12

Jul/11

FreePBX Symlink From Modules Failed

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 12th July 2011 0:01 by

Overview I recently upgraded FreePBX from 2.7.1 to 2.8 and from 2.8 to 2.9 the upgrade went OK except for a minor problem where the symbolic link is broken. Whilst this did not cause any problems in terms of the … Continue reading →

15

Jun/11

FreePBX Blank Voicemail Login Page

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 15th June 2011 0:01 by

After upgrading from 2.8.x to 2.9 was less straight forward than a minor upgrade but still easier to do compared to a fresh install. A problem I had encountered was navigating to the voicemail login page was blank. The page … Continue reading →

12

Jan/11

Siemens Gigaset 685IP Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Linux, PBX at 12th January 2011 16:47 by

Overview The two cordless phones that we have were fine till we moved into a house. The two phones suddenly became too far from room to room. It was time again to look for a phone which was scalable and … Continue reading →

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Oct/10

Asterisk / FreePBX full Log file

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 1st October 2010 16:53 by

Asterisk logs everything to a file in /var/log/asterisk/full so I thought I’d truncate it… It was a big mistake. After doing so I had lost all the call logging information which can be found in the admin panel. Seems like … Continue reading →

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Aug/10

FreePBX – Common Voicemail Box

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 19th August 2010 0:01 by

Overview I have several extensions on my Asterisk / FreePBX box but currently only one landline. Ring groups solved the problem of one incoming call ringing multiple handsets but there was only one official solution to sharing voicemail. Voicemail Blasting … Continue reading →