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 Chapter 1, A Telephony Revolution - This is where we chop up the kindling and light the fire. Asterisk is going to change the world of telecom, and this is where we discuss our reasons for that belief.Chapter 2, Preparing a System for Asterisk - Covers some of the engineering considerations you should have in mind when designing a telecommunications system. Chapter 3, Installing Asterisk - Covers the obtaining, compiling, and installation of Asterisk. Chapter 4, Initial Configuration of Asterisk - Describes the initial configuration of Asterisk. Here we will cover the important configuration files that must exist to define the channels and features available to your system. Chapter 5, Dialplan Basics - Introduces the heart of Asterisk, the dialplan. Chapter 6, More Dialplan Concepts - Goes over some more advanced dialplan concepts. Chapter 7, Understanding Telephony - Taking a break from Asterisk, this chapter discusses some of the more important technologies in use in the Public Telephone Network. Chapter 8, Protocols for VoIP - Following the discussion of legacy telephony, this chapter discusses Voice over Internet Protocol. Chapter 9, The Asterisk Gateway Interface (AGI) - Introduces one of the more amazing components, the Asterisk Gateway Interface. Using Perl, PHP, and Python, we demonstrate how external programs can be used to add nearly limitless functionality to your PBX. Chapter 10, Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) and Adhearsion - Describes how external applications can connect to Asterisk to manipulate or monitor various aspects of the system. Chapter 11, The Asterisk GUI Framework - The Asterisk GUI Framework, new in Asterisk 1.4, is a framework system that allows web developers to create graphical interfaces with minimal interference to the standard configuration files. Chapter 12, Relational Database Integration - Walks you through setting up Asterisk to work with ODBC databases. Chapter 13, Managing Your Asterisk System Discusses issues regarding how to best manage your Asterisk phone system, including CDR, logs, and prompts. Chapter 14, Potpourri - Briefly covers what is, in fact, a rich and varied cornucopia of incredible features and functions—all part of the Asterisk phenomenon. Chapter 15, Asterisk: The Future of Telephony - Predicts a future where open source telephony completely transforms an industry desperately in need of a revolution. Download free ebook for networking: Asterisk The Future of Telephony
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