Asterisk / FreePBX limit incoming calls based on DID (on ZAP/Dahdi/SIP) with FreePBX

Image Source: http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-restrict-access So, we had this challenge by our customer to do this as they are using PRI and supporting multiple customers. Each customer needs to be limited to n number of channels on PRI. When they were using analog that was simply straightforward, … “Asterisk / FreePBX limit incoming calls based on DID (on ZAP/Dahdi/SIP) with FreePBX”

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How to explain Nagios to grandma

So I visited grandma couple of days back and while talking about work and politics and all, she asked, so what’s this Nagios thing you guys are experts at? I replied, its an “Enterprise Monitoring Solution” and she went like “Enterprise what now….”, and that … “How to explain Nagios to grandma”

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pfSense and TM Unifi

This is to show you how to enable pfSense 2.x and use TMNet’s Unifi. Important to note that inorder to “dial” into Unifi, you must fire the PPPoE through a VLAN and those are VLAN 500 for your regular internet browsing and VLAN 600 for … “pfSense and TM Unifi”

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FreePBX IVR direct dial across multiple locations/asterisk servers/FreePBX servers

Assuming you have 2 FreePBX servers across two location that are connected via a trunk and the trunk dialling does work fine. Meaning you can already call SiteA and SiteB and vice-versa. SiteA: Extensions 1000 and on SiteB: Extensions 2000 and on With the default … “FreePBX IVR direct dial across multiple locations/asterisk servers/FreePBX servers”

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The 4th Cloud Service? – VoIP As a Service (VaaS)

This weekend, i had a chance to present to Microsoft guests at their office here in Malaysia about cloud computing and focusing my talk on cloud technology security. It was clear after a while jiving with those techies and seeing their responses and also doing … “The 4th Cloud Service? – VoIP As a Service (VaaS)”

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How to make FreePBX updates through Proxy

SInce FreePBX does not honour the proxy settings via the bash export, you need to tell Apache instead to use a proxy. This would apply for FreePBX as well. Here’s a how to for Debians. 1) #nano  /etc/apache2/envvars 2) Add the following codes at the … “How to make FreePBX updates through Proxy”

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Asterisk | FreePBX boss secretary module (updated)

In some of our migrations to Asterisk, users keep asking about this feature where the secretary can pickup calls from the boss using a function key in their phones that support them. Here’s the challenge, the secretary asked us to setup in such a way … “Asterisk | FreePBX boss secretary module (updated)”

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Asternic Stats Outbound Tracking with FreePBX

We at Astiostech use Asternic (www.asternic.biz) quite extensively for basic call centres that require a simple interface for wallboards, reports and recordings. Asternic also provides some capabilities to monitor outbound callcenters where agents make random calls to introduce new services or businesses. In this guide, … “Asternic Stats Outbound Tracking with FreePBX”

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