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FreePBX is a Web-based front-end to the Asterisk telephony platform.

FreePBX is a Web-based front-end to the Asterisk telephony platform.

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Can anybody explain why to use Asterisk PBX rather than standard PBX from Matrix or Siemens

Can anybody explain why open-source Asterisk is favourable in comparison with a traditional PBX system from a vendor such as NEC/Syntel/Matrix or Siemens.
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High availability Asterisk options?

We currently run FreePBX on a single node. I'd like to have a cluster of asterisk instances for sharing the load, but mainly for failover. I'm curious how other people have solved this problem. Ideally I'd like to use "free" (as in beer)…
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How to connect an existing phone-line to asterisk server

At office I am considering setting up an asterisk server to that we can route calls that come into the office internally so that they reach the correct person and to implement a menu system as well. I have managed to set up a server so that we can…
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Asterisk IVR setup: disallow direct dial for some extensions?

We've got PBX to configure. It's based on Elastix 2.4.0, freePBX 2.8.1 and Asterisk 1.8.20.0. Currently we have a setup for inbound calls like that: Inbound call > Announcement (30 sec) > IVR (no sound, for extension dial only, 5 sec) > Queue (for…
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How-To Integrate FreePBX Phonebook and Users with LDAP?

I'm using FreePBX and want to use phonebook integrated with ldap. I googled and nothing very specific come up. Do you guys have any experience about the subject?
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Asterisk times out and terminates connection after 6400ms due to 'no response'

I have a SIP trunk set up with Twilio for outbound calls. Twilio-FreePBX and then my test device is the simple X-Lite from CounterPath. I can make an outgoing call from X-Lite. My cell phone rings and I can pick up. But that's it, there is no audio…
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Asterisk / Trixbox Allow Inbound Caller to redial and bridge

I want a caller to be able to phone into asterisk from a mobile phone or a pay phone and then enter a special PIN and allow them to dial another number. This could allow for significant savings on long distance calls. Is there a build in module or…
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What are the possible reasons for a SIP register failure?

I have setup an Elastix box (asterisk/freepbx based) and added a trunk for an external VoIP provider. When I get to the Asterisk command line interface and type sip show registry I always get the same output, State = Request Sent. So, since I can't…
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Asterisk ${CALLERID(name)

I am working with asterisk (Asterisk 1.8.11.0), freepbx (2.x) and was building a dialplan (extension_custom.conf). I wanted to get caller Name from database which i have stored for example. CLI> database show cidname /cidname/XXXXXXXXXX …
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Automated reports with FreePBX 2.8.1.4

FreePBX has a 'Reports' tab that allows you to create a few reports and some of them you can export as a .csv or .pdf, but it doesn't really have any finer features than that. I would ultimately like to be able to have a report automatically…
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FreePBX: Basic config?

I've just successfully set up an Asterisk+FreePBX install on an Amazon EC2 instance per this guide: http://voxilla.com/2009/10/15/voxillas-freepbx-in-a-cloud-step-by-step-1457 (I've also assigned it an Elastic IP). I'd love to test it without buying…
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Asterisk - Outgoing Caller Name on Client

When placing outgoing external call using SIP client Bria. The phone displays our caller ID as the name of our calling party. Looking over the log, it shows that it came from this line -- Executing [s@macro-dialout-trunk:21]…
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Getting PJSIP with TLS to work with Twilio SIP Trunking on FreePBX

I'm wondering if someone can help me debug this problem I'm having. I'm trying to get secure trunking setup between my FreePBX server and Twilio using the PJSIP stack. Unencrypted trunking works fine over UDP. However, when I try to enable TLS/SRTP,…
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Is someone is trying to access our IP-PBX

We run asterisk on a freePBX distro. The system is only up for one day. When I logged in to asterisk from the terminal the system was generating a lot of unexpected messages just like the following. [2016-07-14 14:34:46] NOTICE[25546]:…
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freepbx over openvpn network

I am using OpenVPN to access my internal network. I have FreePBX for my SIP phones. I have a soft phone on my cell phone when I am on my WiFi the soft phone works great. When I leave WiFi and go to VPN I can connect to my PBX. I have audio going…
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