ASTERISK TRAINING COURSE 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
* Install and configure Asterisk.
* Connect Asterisk to the Internet and PSTN.
* Integrate VoIP and the PSTN.
* Configure Asterisk for PBX features such as voicemail, ACD and IVR.
ASTERISK TRAINING COURSE DETAILS
* Who will benefit:
Technical staff working with or evaluating Asterisk.
* Prerequisites:
None although hands on experience of UNIX systems would be beneficial, as
would knowledge of VoIP.
* Duration
3 days
ASTERISK TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS
* What is Asterisk?
PBXs, what Asterisk does, Asterisk features, Asterisk VoIP support, Asterisk
and the Internet, Asterisk and the PSTN, hosted VoIP systems.
* Asterisk installation
Linux installation, Asterisk package compilation and installation. Timing
sources.
Hands on Installing Asterisk
* Managing Asterisk
Starting/stopping Asterisk, command arguments, Asterisk commands, log files,
logger.conf, remote management.
Hands on Controlling Asterisk.
* First Asterisk configuration
The role of SIP, IP phones, DHCP, IP addressing, sip.conf, extensions.conf.
Hands on Simple SIP configuration
* Asterisk architecture
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.
* DAHDI configuration
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.
* Dial plans
extensions.conf detail, contexts, priorities.
Hands on Configuring dial plans.
* SIP configuration
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.
* IAX configuration
What is IAX, IAX server, IAX client, IAX channels, iax.conf, IAX syntax in
extensions.conf, IAX trunking.
Hands on Linking Asterisk systems.
* Implementing PBX functions
Voicemail, voicemail trees, voicemail passwords, Music on hold, meetme
conferencing, call parking. ACD, IVR, fax.
Hands on Configuring PBX features.