Description:In Detail AsteriskNOW is an open-source Software Appliance from Digium: a customized Linux distribution, which includes Asterisk (the leading open-source telephony engine and tool kit), the AsteriskGUI, and all the other software needed for an Asterisk telephony system. AsteriskNOW is easy to install. It allows you to deploy Asterisk quickly and easily, and offers flexibility, functionality and features that are available only in expensive proprietary business systems. What you will learn from this book? The basic components of an AsteriskNOW telephony systemInstalling AsteriskNOW Building an office PBX using AsteriskNOWUsing the AsteriskNOW web GUI interfaceConfiguring an IP soft phone: CounterPath X-LiteConfiguring an IP hard phone: LinkSys 941Configuring an IP adapterConfiguring a connection for an IAX2 DID providerHow to plan the routing logic of your PBXHow to record your system announcementsBuilding a menu using the GUI wizardConfiguring and using conference rooms with the conferencing systemWriting your own applications for Asterisk with the Asterisk Gateway Interface Who this book is written for? This book is for complete beginners who are interested in setting up their own telephony system and are overwhelmed with the configuration options in Asterisk. It shows how to install and configure AsteriskNow and configure the required dial plan.