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We tested on a 32 bit server and the test box became the production box, for 8 phones.<\/p>\n
Picked up some used Grandstreams on eBay and Cisco 500 POE switches. Pulled off the install for less than $500.00<\/p>","upvoteCount":1,"datePublished":"2013-02-27T10:51:11.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-new-voip-setup/196814/19","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"alancohen8097","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/alancohen8097"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"\n\n
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\nYeah I was just thinking because the router does the main line and the fax lines. So can that hardware be used on Elastix. I have Elastix on a VM right now and I love it. Now its just getting the boss to love it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n
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Yeah it takes in the PRI<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2013-02-27T11:28:47.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-new-voip-setup/196814/20","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"johngill5985","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/johngill5985"}}]}}
My boss just got me a new server to update our old hardware but are phone software is still running on windows server 2000 and call manger 3.2. So I am on the search for a free VIOP/PBX software that can do voicemail, on hold music and call logging are the main areas. I have looked at Asterisk but as it is a code based. I can do that but I dont know if I leave can the next person ?
hardware we have is
Cisco IP Phones 7940,7920
Cisco router
Cisco 2 POE switches
Is there anything out there that is free ? and works great ?
@Cisco
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Asterisk SIP server is free and has all the functionality of CCM or ShoreTel.
Not sure what you mean. All phone systems are written in code, all software is, no exception. Asterisk is just as easy to use (often moreso) than other phone systems. Remember, Asterisk is not the PBX, it is just the “kernel” of the switch. You never “use Asterisk”, you use a PBX built on Asterisk. Referring to Asterisk itself is misleading, like talking about Linux (just a kernel) instead of Ubuntu (an operating system that uses the Linux kernel.) In the WIndows world, talking about Asterisk is like talking about NTkernel, which doesn’t have an interface either. Just in the Windows world, no one talks like that.
Look at Elastix. It is totally free, uses Asterisk, but is very easy to use with a graphical interface.
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Scott Alan Miller:
Not sure what you mean. All phone systems are written in code, all software is, no exception. Asterisk is just as easy to use (often moreso) than other phone systems. Remember, Asterisk is not the PBX, it is just the “kernel” of the switch. You never “use Asterisk”, you use a PBX built on Asterisk. Referring to Asterisk itself is misleading, like talking about Linux (just a kernel) instead of Ubuntu (an operating system that uses the Linux kernel.) In the WIndows world, talking about Asterisk is like talking about NTkernel, which doesn’t have an interface either. Just in the Windows world, no one talks like that.
Look at Elastix. It is totally free, uses Asterisk, but is very easy to use with a graphical interface.
Thanks for Elastix is the best out of everything i have tested. Now the fun part is to write over the IPphone firmware with something that supports Asterisk
Asterisk doesn’t require support, it uses standard SIP. Any standard IP phone will work. Only horrific non-SIP IP phones would not work. SIP is like HTTP for the voice world. All good solutions use it. Only really crappy proprietary junk uses anything else (or exclusively anything else.) I’d define a business level solution as needing to support SIP as a base requirement to being business-ready.
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Yes I have the Cisco 7940G IP Phones they seem to be using skinny
Oh man, Cisco. Are those the rebranded Linksys? We don’t consider Cisco to be business phones - they are the worst in the business. It’s consumer gear. In theory there is SIP firmware available for those but they discontinued it.
I would toss that stuff. Look at Snom and Yealink. So cheap that it is probably worth the stability, professional look and feel, easy support, stable firmware, etc. You can get into Yealink for around $65/phone.
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Wow so I am looking around on the internet on how to update the firmware only to find out that the hardware is to old to really do anything with
Yeah, sadly, it looks to be pretty old. How many of those do you have?
Yeah and I just cant find a way to update the phones and make them work
Maybe get a Yealink or Snom, just one, to play with. I think that you’ll like them a lot.
What about our cisco router ? I just hate to do a over haul on the hole system
There is no connection between the networking gear you use and the phones on the network. They communicate over neutral TCP/IP. IP Phones are just like desktops sitting on the network. You don’t need to worry about the brand of PC and the brand of switch or router. Same with phones. They are just another host on the network.
Cisco doesn’t even make their phones. They are rebranded Linksys which are rebranded Sipura. Cisco phones are no more related to Cisco’s other gear than is Yealink or anything else. It’s just Cisco’s name slapped on it. Like GE’s name slapped on microwaves and cheap hotel televisions.
Yeah I was just thinking because the router does the main line and the fax lines. So can that hardware be used on Elastix. I have Elastix on a VM right now and I love it. Now its just getting the boss to love it
Elastix is superb.
As Scott has stated, look at Yealink or Snom.
Snom is more expensive, I personally like both.
Elastix does come with a lot of extras that you might not need, but handy nevertheless.
Good luck on what you are doing, would be great to get some feedback so other people can hear about how your solution went.
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The router does? Do you mean that the router is also taking PRI lines?
Try this distro.
We tested on a 32 bit server and the test box became the production box, for 8 phones.
Picked up some used Grandstreams on eBay and Cisco 500 POE switches. Pulled off the install for less than $500.00
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