Definitive Asterisk for engineers

Description

This 3 day hands on Asterisk training course covers all the ground for you to get an Asterisk PBX installed and configured. After installation the course progresses from a simple first configuration onto VoIP and PSTN integration along with the provision of PBX features such as ACD and IVR. Practical sessions follow each major section to reinforce the theory.

What will you learn

Asterisk training course details

Technical staff working with or evaluating Asterisk.

None although hands on experience of UNIX systems would be beneficial, as would knowledge of VoIP.

3 days

PBXs, what Asterisk does, Asterisk features,
Asterisk VoIP support, Asterisk and the Internet,
Asterisk and the PSTN, hosted VoIP systems.

Linux installation, Asterisk package compilation
and installation. Timing sources.
Hands on
Installing Asterisk

Starting/stopping Asterisk, command arguments,
Asterisk commands, log files, logger.conf, remote
management.
Hands on Controlling Asterisk.

The role of SIP, IP phones, DHCP, IP
addressing, sip.conf, extensions.conf.
Hands on
Simple SIP configuration

Server hardware, interfaces, channels, Zaptel,
Digium, Asterisk filesystem, connections. The
configuration files, syntax, asterisk.conf.
Hands on Adding hardware for Asterisk, exploring the
configuration files.

Digium hardware, DAHDI architecture, DAHDI
installation, DAHDI configuration, system.conf,
FXS, FXO, E1, chan_dahdi.conf, dahdi_cfg,
DAHDI tools.
Hands on Connecting Asterisk to
the PSTN.

extensions.conf detail, contexts, priorities.
Hands on Configuring dial plans.

sip.conf in detail, defining SIP channels, incoming
SIP channels, outgoing SIP channels, SIP
variables, Asterisk as a SIP client and SIP server.

Hands on SIP configuration.

What is IAX, IAX server, IAX client, IAX
channels, iax.conf, IAX syntax in
extensions.conf, IAX trunking.
Hands on Linking
Asterisk systems.

Voicemail, voicemail trees, voicemail passwords,
Music on hold, meetme conferencing, call
parking. ACD, IVR, fax.
Hands on Configuring
PBX features.