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Fun with VoIP - Custom Hold Music

I've been meaning to do this for a while, finally got around to it last night. I downloaded the instrumental versions of some of my favorite 2pac songs and I think they're surprising appropriate for hold music. I can't wait for the day when, after putting someone on hold, they come back and...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 09-12-2008
Trixbox Beginning of Voicemail Message Pause, Delay, Cut Off

I recorded a voicemail message like "Hi, we're unable to get to the phone right now..." but when a caller hears the message the beginning is cut-off, all they get is "...get to the phone right now...". This is another one problem which I never had before I upgraded to Trixbox...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 08-25-2008
Trixbox Not Sending Voicemail Email

I just realized my Trixbox server isn't sending an email when a new voicemail is saved. A previous version sent my emails with voicemail attachments without any problem at all, but after installing this new version 2.6.1, the email isn't working. Luckily, I fixed it in about ten minutes, but...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 08-19-2008
Teliax SIP Trunk Settings on Support Website DO NOT WORK

So you sign up with Teliax, you install and configure TrixBox and your IP phones. Then you add a trunk using the settings Teliax provides you. And then when it doesn't work you spend a week dealing with their support team, who try and push the $95/hr extended support on you. You refuse and are left...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 07-19-2008
Changing the Asterisk Manager Password in Trixbox

If you see the warning, "Default Asterisk Manger Password is being used", change it by just editing these two files: /etc/asterisk/manager.conf Change secret = amp111 to your new password. /etc/amportal.conf Change AMPMGRPASS=amp111 to your new password. Run amportal stop Run amportal start...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 07-18-2008
Backup Trixbox via FTP

After my horrible experience last weekend, I've made backups a top priority while I get my system back online. I found this great tutorial on how to automate a backup schedule for my Trixbox VoIP server and I'm re-iterating it here for future reference. Install the backup/restore module in Trixbox...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 06-04-2008
Asterisk, Trixbox, Linksys, Sipura, and Vitelity DTMF Settings

That's quite a long title but I want this post to be easy to find for anyone who has this problem because I just spent the last 3 hours getting it to work. My configuration consists of a Trixbox PBX (Asterisk), a Linksys SPA941 IP Phone, and a pay-as-you-go Vitelity VoIP plan. The Problem Some IVR...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 05-24-2008
CRITICAL Linksys Phone/Adapter Settings for Trixbox

If you're using Linksys/Sipura IP phones or adapter with your Trixbox VoIP system, you MUST change these configuration settings through the web interface of your Linksys equipment. Set RTP Packet Size to 0.020 Login as admin and show advanced settings. Click SIP Tab and halfway down change the packet...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 05-21-2008
Changing the default MySQL password in TrixBox

After installing TrixBox and launching FreePBX to configure your Asterisk server, the first thing you'll notice is a couple of warning messages telling you to change your default passwords. Changing the Asterisk password was pretty self-explanatory, but the SQL password was a tough nut to crack....

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 01-07-2008
Create your own VoIP phone system!

1 old pc + Asterisk + internet access + Vitelity = 1 really impressive and really cheap home phone system! I had an older machine I was using to test out Linux distributions like Ubuntu, but after talking with a coworker this week I decided to use it to setup a VOIP system. I downloaded Trixbox , which...

Posted to Matt Williamson’s Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 01-05-2008

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