How to setup Asterisk 1.8 on CentOS 5
So, time to kick things off! I get a lot of traffic on my older post about setting up Asterisk 1.6.2 on Centos 5.4, but that’s over a year old now and a lot has changed! The Asterisk project has decided to get sane about their version numbering once again, and has released a long-term support version of their project, Asterisk 1.8. This post will detail the minimum required to get...
Read MoreNew Website is Live!
So the SelbyTech.com website has just been redesigned from the ground up! If you haven’t seen it lately, go check it out! All of the old blog posts are still here, and I should be able to start kicking out 1-3 new blog posts a week from this point forward. I realize it’s been a long time since my last post, and I apologize for that. But I’m setting a schedule for myself,...
Read MoreHow to setup IPTables for Asterisk 1.6.2 on CentOS 5.4
So recently, a friend of mine setup his very first linux server. Since he’s planning on setting it up as a web-server sitting out on the internet with a public IP, I advised he setup and use iptables. Now I know there are other options out there (some would argue better options), iptables is what I like to use on my own servers, so that’s what I helped him set up. Since I tend...
Read MoreHow to setup Asterisk 1.6.2 on Centos 5.4
UPDATE 05/20/2011 – An updated version of this post, detailing How to setup Asterisk 1.8, has been posted. Check it out if you want to move to the latest and greatest version of asterisk. If you’d prefer to stay with version 1.6.2, please, read on! After looking around for a while, I noticed something – there’s some documentation out there, but not a lot, on how to do a...
Read MoreCustomizing dhcpd.conf on CentOS 5.3
In this article I’m going to explain some tricks that you can use to create custom dhcp address pools using dhcpd.conf on CentOS 5.3. I was at a client recently and they had a need to hand out different TFTP servers to different sets of phones on their network. Their Cisco 7960 phones needed to see one tftp server that contained an older SIP firmware, and their 7961 phones needed to see...
Read MoreSetup 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...
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