what is the best asterisk based IP PBX in terms of ease and documentation
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Hi everybody
I want to set up a voip system (just learning purposes) and i want to use a free IP PBX like Elastix or freePBX or any other asterisk based IP PBX, i have one POTS line, i learned that i can connect my IP PBX to the PSTN and make outside calls via a PSTN gateway (linksys SPA3102), according to what i wanna do, what is the best asterisk based IP PBX that play well with POTS lines ?
best regard
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By far the easiest to work with are:
- Elastix 2
- FreePBX
AFAIK, both are equally easy (and essentially identical) for POTS lines. They are very similar overall being based on the same set of technologies by and large.
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as you usual you are the first one who reply, thank you very much
for that PSTN gateway linksys SPA3102, did you ever try it ??
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as far as i'm concerned it is only for home usage not business usage, because it is quiet cheap
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@IT-ADMIN said:
for that PSTN gateway linksys SPA3102, did you ever try it ??
I have not tried the SPA3102 but I have used Sipura SPA devices prior to the Linksys acquisition and they worked very well.
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you didn't experienced echos??
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@IT-ADMIN said:
as far as i'm concerned it is only for home usage not business usage, because it is quiet cheap
I have seen many businesses use the Linksys / Sipura SPA devices. They used to be very common for smaller businesses. The same limitations that cause you to use POTS lines generally make a SPA device the best choice. When POTS lines were still common in the US, the SPA gateways were as well. For PRI I would be less likely to look at something like a SPA, but for a POTS line I would generally be very happy with them.
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thank you very much for your information
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No problem!
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by the way i found a very useful howto concerning setting up freepbx with SPA3102
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Great resource, thanks.
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you are welcome even if i know that you can do it without this howto, i share the link with those people like me VOIP beginner, lol
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@scottalanmiller said:
For PRI I would be less likely to look at something like a SPA, but for a POTS line I would generally be very happy with them.
you mean by that : if we have PRI line we must avoid using SPA, why ?? (is it because PRI require advanced processing gateway than SPA)
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I would never use Elastix 2.4 in production. Elastix 2.5, I have not used yet because every time I tried to upgrade a 2.4 install to 2.5 it makes it unstable and I have to rollback the VM.
Elastix is good, just dated.
FreePBX is always current as it is the flagship GUI. PBX in a Flash is going weird with some disagreements with FreePBX and will need time before I recommend it again.
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FreePBX is great.
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thank you all for your suggestion, it looks like freePBX is suitable for me
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As far as gateways the best advice is check reviews on them all. Cheap ones are cheap for a reason. And Grandstream is known for failing and needing to be rebooted a lot, much like home grade routers.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
As far as gateways the best advice is check reviews on them all. Cheap ones are cheap for a reason. And Grandstream is known for failing and needing to be rebooted a lot, much like home grade routers.
That said, they are solid for a test system to learn the ropes.
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what do you think about linksys SPA3102 (the PSTN gateway) in a production environment ??
