Nhiu bn vn cn thc mc FreePBX l g, ri Asterisk v Trixbox c khc g nhau khng? Li cn Elastix hay PIAF (PBX in a Flash).

Bi vit ny gip bn c ci nhn tng qut v r rng cho cc khi nim trn. Asterisk l phn mm m ngun m, khi im chy trn H iu hnh linux (hin c th chy trn Windows & Macintosh), m nhim vai tr lm tng i ni b. dng server Asterisk, bn c th ci linux (thng dng CentOS5), xong download gi Asterisk v, compile, cu hnh(*) v chy. Nu mun Asterisk giao tip vi in thoi analog hoc line bu in PSTN th phi download, compile v cu hnh thm gi ZAPTEL/DAHDI (**). Tt c cc bc trn i hi phi c kin thc su v linux v asterisk. (*): vic cu hnh Asterisk s thao tc trc tip trn cc file .conf, v rt mt thi gian + d sai st. Bn c th phi vit hng trm, thm ch hng nghn dng cu hnh cc tnh nng c bn v khai bo s extension. (**): ZAPTEL l tn gi lc trc, do trng vi tn mt cng ty nn sau ny driver c i li thnh DAHDI. trnh vic cu hnh Asterisk bng tay, FreePBX ra i. Vi giao din WEB d dng, t ng sinh m code, min ph, FreePBX c n nhn nng nhit v tr thnh giao din chun cu hnh Asterisk. Tuy nhin, khi trin khai nguyn cm CentOS, Asterisk, FreePBX, Zaptel... cho nhiu my th phi cu hnh li t u, hoc import/export cc settings li. Do , thun tin, ngi ta ci sn CentOS, Asterisk, FreePBX, Zaptel cng mt s gi h tr khc, cu hnh y , xong ng gi li thnh cc distro ca asterisk, gi l Trixbox, Elastix, PIAF... Mi ngi ch cn download mt trong cc phin bn ny v, ci t l xong. Mun cu hnh thm th dng FreePBX c sn trong cc phin bn. C th ni nm na l Trixbox/Elastix/PIAF ging nh bn "Ghost" (asterisk+linux+FreePBX+zaptel+cc gi h tr khc) vy cho d hiu.