Dimensions
180 x 230 x 40mm
The most practical, up-to-date guide to the Asterisk open source PBX: crucial knowledge that makes Asterisk viable for virtually any company.
- Everything network and telephony professionals need to deploy a state-of-the-art VoIP PBX system on a low-cost PC - and run it with rock-solid reliability.
- The only book with the detailed, real-world examples Asterisk users need
- Covers installation, protocols, codecs, voicemail, interfaces, extensions, IVR systems, conferencing, call centers, fax, VoiceXML, upgrades, and much more
Asterisk offers an amazing value proposition: using this open software, companies can deploy a state-of-the-art VoIP PBX on a low-cost PC or server, at a small fraction of the cost charged by conventional PBX vendors. Thousands of companies have already implemented Asterisk, but for thousands more there's been a huge showstopper: Asterisk has been supported by woefully poor documentation. That's where Practical Asterisk 1.4 and 1.6 comes in. It's the first and only book to offer the detailed, real-world, groundlevel information that working professionals need to install, configure, and manage Asterisk successfully Utilizing diverse examples representing many usage scenarios, this tutorial and reference covers every facet of planning, implementing, and reliably operating Asterisk in virtually any environment. It systematically introduces Asterisk's each of key building blocks, and demonstrates how they work together. Coverage includes: installation, AEL (Asterisk Extension Language), protocols, codecs, voicemail, Digium's PRI interfaces, AstDB (Asterisk Database), Interactive Voice Response Systems, telephone conferences, call center queues, fax server applications, remote control, AGI (Asterisk Gateway Interface), VoiceXML, and advanced configuration. The authors also walk through upgrading Asterisk to the latest version, 1.4 Simply put, no other book covers Asterisk with as much depth - or offers as much practical help to the working network or telephony professional.
