I’ve been an Outlook user for close to a decade. I like it…without Microsoft and their products, operating systems as we know them today would definitely be different. I’m not one of those guys who likes to sit around and bash Microsoft…each OS has its plusses and minuses, and personal preference leads to strong opinions. I take the middle road…if you like Macs…great. Prefer Windows? Awesome. Think Linux rules the server OS market? Right on. More…
Last year, I wrote my first State of the VoIP Address. In that blog post, I discussed how VoIP over the WAN was just not yet ready for prime time (still true), how having VoIP on the LAN and POTS/PRI for PSTN connectivity is the best bet for a reliable business class VoIP PBX (still true), how legacy PBX systems are going the way of the Dodo (VERY true), and how there was a void in the VoIP call center space (not so true anymore!). More…
For those of you who don’t yet know, Fonality recently released its UAE (Unified Agent Edition) version of the PBXtra product. It is also currently in beta for trixbox Pro, and will be GA sometime in February. UAE is one of the most amazing products that I have seen in a long time…I wouldn’t even call it a product so much as a solution. More…
Support for G.729 is a part of trixbox Pro by default, however it is not activated (does not show up in the Admin CP) until a G.729 license has been activated.
G.729 is a codec designed by Digium that can get calls down to around 8kbps (up and down) per call. It is a great alternative to G.711 ULAW which can be up around 80kbps (up and down) per call. G.729 costs $10.00 per license (per active channel), and is available from Digium. More…
There are numerous external paging systems, or overhead pagers that can be configured to work with trixbox Pro. First though, there are two separate types of overhead paging systems…those that work over VoIP, and those that work via FXS ports. More…
By default, trixbox Pro’s DNS server (BIND v9) comes enabled, but is only configured to answer requests on the localhost address (127.0.0.1). This guide will show you how to enable DNS for all ethernet interfaces, and also how to set up a forwarder to another DNS server to handle unresolved requests. More…
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