Setup Cisco 7941 or 7961 with Asterisk
After spending many hours trying to solve this issue, I thought I’d post what I’ve learned while trying to get my new Cisco 7941 IP Phone connected from my house to my remote asterisk server. The same steps should work for a Cisco 7961 as well. First, you’ll need a SMARTnet license that covers the phone. These cost about US $10.00 from CDW. Be prepared to go round and round...
Read MoreAstricon 2009
As I wrap up here at Astricon 2009, I thought I’d post some of my thoughts on the event. First of all, the Digium folks did a great job this year on gathering speakers, developing content, and they certainly know how to have a good time! On Wednesday, I mostly stayed on the Cloud track, and other than one presentation that I think was aimed at the wrong audience, I learned quite a few...
Read MoreAsterisk.org Gets a Facelift
Asterisk.org took on a new look this week. It was debuted here at Astricon this week, along with the announcement of several new community features that Digium is implementing for Asterisk – features like the new AsteriskForge, and improved Documentation directly from their website. You can read more about the new look and the goals behind the update in John Todd’s blog post. I...
Read MoreRunning multiple instances of TFTP server on CentOS 5.x
Recently, at a client, I needed to combine two TFTP servers onto one CentOS box. Since there were alread clients spread out across the network hard-coded to use specific IP addresses for their TFTP servers, I needed to be able to serve up files from both IP addresses. A quick look around the web didn’t provide a whole lot of help, so I had to come up with my own way of doing...
Read MoreAdding Virtual Network Interfaces on CentOS 5.x
Recently at a client, I found myself consolidating two servers into one. Each server hosted their own array of services, a few of which overlapped. The first server was running a TFTP server, an HTTP web server, and an NTP time server. The second server, which would be the target server of the consolidation, was running it’s own TFTP server, an FTP server, and a DHCP server. The first...
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