On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher
You can get asterisk packages from rpmforge on Centos...but on Ubuntu you do not have to add an extra repository to get asterisk.
What I meant was that the "pre-built" Asterisks (Trixbox, AsteriskNow, Elastix and PBX in a Flash) are all based on CentOS. I've never tried compiling it on my own -- I've only experimented with Asterisk.
When you say go voip, do you mean use sip for the stations only or also for the trunks?
My experience (and the experience of those I know) is that SIP trunks don't really work consistently. But, when I say I need to learn VOIP I'm mostly talking about the station side. My goal is to learn enough to build Asterisk boxes to replace key systems. I like the idea of Asterisk because it can use standard trunks for critical lines and SIP trunks for specialized purposes or overflow. (At least that's what I *think* it can do.)