| PackageDescription | Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
It is, in a sense, middleware
between Internet and telephony channels on the bottom,
and Internet and telephony applications at the top.
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Asterisk can be used with Voice over IP standards
(SIP, H.323, IAX and more),
or the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
through supported hardware.
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Supported hardware:
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* All Wildcard (tm) ISDN PRI cards from Digium
* HFC-S/HFC-4S-based ISDN BRI cards
(Junghanns.NET, beroNet, Digium etc.)
* All TDM (FXO/FXS) cards from Digium
* Various clones of Digium cards such as those by OpenVox
* Xorcom Astribank USB telephony adapter
* Voicetronix OpenPCI, OpenLine and OpenSwitch cards
* CAPI-compatible ISDN cards
(using the add-on package chan-capi)
* Full Duplex Sound Card (ALSA or OSS) supported by Linux
* Tormenta T1/E1 card
* QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack
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This is the main package
that includes the Asterisk daemon
and most channel drivers and applications. |