The Atlanta Asterisk Users Group

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009 9:00AM - 4:00PM (Lunch Provided Courtesy of Sangoma!)

Location: Georgia Tech Klaus Advanced Computing Building, 266 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (Google Map) (Google Satellite) (Google Map to Parking)

Admission is free but please register using this form so we will have enough seats, installers, give-away items and meals for you. Registrants are eligible for a door prize. This is a casual, open and friendly opportunity for Asterisk VoIP beginners and veterans to meet and share their goals, knowledge, and skills. Attendees can bring a computer and volunteers will install and configure a working Asterisk system on it.  To get up to speed on Asterisk and VoIP you can visit the Asterisk Project, Asterisk Documentation and VoIP Info sites.  Pass along this announcement to anyone that you think may be interested in attending.

Installation Track Agenda Lecture Hall B

• 08:30 AM – Open for computer drop offs for installs
• 10:00 AM - The O/S and Asterisk Installation Process
• 11:00 AM - Basic Linux System Administration for Asterisk Servers
• 02:00 PM - Provisioning Asterisk via Configuration Files and FreePBX
• 03:30 PM - Close Installations

 Presentation Track Agenda Lecture Hall A - Times and Order are Subject to Change!

• 09:00 AM - Steven Henke, Xelatec, Welcome and Announcements
• 09:15 AM - Joe Roper, Fonica Projects
• 09:30 AM - Snom - Mike Storella - Subscriber Sets for Asterisk Systems
• 10:00 AM - Aretta Communications - Marc Fribush - Changing the Game - The Free Hosted PBX
• 10:15 AM - Nerdvittles with Ward Mundy and PBX in a Flash with Tom King
• 11:00 AM - Voiceroute Druid - David Shauger
• 11:15 AM - Sangoma - Konrad Hammel
• 12:00 PM - Lunch - Courtesy of Sangoma
• 01:00 PM - Digium the Asterisk Company - Jared Smith and Jason Parker
• 01:45 PM - Plantronics - Doug Kilgore
• 02:00 PM - Cbeyond - Jason Walker
• 02:15 PM - Aastra - Mark Carson
• 02:45 PM - IP Communications - Donald Hansil
• 03:00 PM - Pika Technologies - Alain Gauthier - Pika Appliance w/FreePBX
• 03:40 PM - D.J. Belieny - CentricVoice
• 04:00 PM - Closing Remarks
• 05:00 PM - Food, Beverage and Fellowship at the Engine 11 Tavern and Restaurant (Google Map)

Installation Information

If you bring a PC for an installation of Asterisk, you do not need to bring a monitor, keyboard or mouse; however, here are the minimum hardware requirements:

• CPU = Pentium III 863 MHz or greater
• RAM = 512 MB or greater
• HD = 10 GB or greater
• NIC = Ethernet 10Base
• CDROM or PXE boot

Optional Hardware that you may bring includes but is not limited to:phone lines and telephone sets:

• Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA)
• Internal FXS/FXO Cards (i.e from Sangoma or Digium)
• SIP Telephone Sets (i.e. from Snom or Aastra

Note that all pre-existing data on the computer's hard drive will be erased. The volunteers will install a pre-configured variant of a PBX-in-a-Flash package with the Linux Operating System and Asterisk. We are not responsible for any damage to the computer or if during our efforts the computer fails or becomes unusable. You will be asked to sign a waiver to this effect when you drop-off your computer. Due to parking limitations, a computer drop-off point will be available at the building entrance. Volunteers will take your computer to the meeting room while you park and return. If you have an account with a SIP-VOIP provider, please bring that information (URL,Username,Secret/Password). If time permits, the volunteer will configure the system to connect to your service provider. We will make a test call to confirm the initial proper operation of your system.

For more information use this contact form.