Hi All,
I’m considering a move from a traditional (and proprietary) PBX to something open-source that i can manage. I know very little about this, so i’m trying to understand if my goal is even possible. Given that our provider (i.e. gatekeeper) is Comcast, i worry they prevent running self-hosted VOIP boxes. Currently the office has 4 lines supplied by comcast. The comcast cable modem has 4 telephone lines going into a Panasonic PBX, which they dispatch the calls to the POTS phones. I want to replace the Panasonic PBX since its proprietary and requires a call into the phone company to change anything.
I have very little knowledge in this area, so i’m wondering if anyone here has had experience in this area.
Thanks!
- brad
Hey Gang,
We've got a meeting tonight at 7PM! It's still virtual because you know,
the pandemic.
Hopefully in the future we'll be able to stand 6' apart from each other and
hang out!
But until then, there's Jitsi! We'll be meeting here:
https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA at 7PM!
We'll likely jibber jab until it's late.. My neighbors house may or may not
catch on fire again!
I'm going to show off Min.IO running in a docker container. I can show the
web interface and then we'll stick some objects in the container. I know
that several other WLUG members are also using it in production so it'll be
interesting to get their take on it as well.
Then I suspect we'll end up talking about all things nerdy!
See you!
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
Hi! Hope this doesnt start a HUGE preference debate, but I'm taking feedback
on what some of you already know to be a "solid" not too big laser
black+white,
flatbed/top scanner+copier (no top sheet feeder please, adds too much
space/width)
BUT THE PAIN is always in the PRINTER drivers/software, win or linux, in my
experience.
Honestly, been battling w/PDF's too long, to an old-ish Brother HL-L2395DW
3-in-1
--I'm working mostly on Linux Mint 19 (a deviant ubuntu I highly recommend
for ex-win users)
--Printing most things OK. IIRC, didnt have to find Linux drivers the hard
way.
--Printing PDF's gets iffy. LibreOffice sometimes cures my blues;
DocumentViewer is probably the worst, "evince" also iffy, etc.
Sometimes "Data received"....ends with a silent chirp,
sometimes printer panel indicates a quick reject (nothing printed) saying
"Out of Memory",
BUT REALLY it's not the job == big, I think it
must be a nasty runaway/leaky PDF->driver thing, but if I
-- copy/email/send the nasty job to a win7 laptop and use AcroRead, USUALLY
gets it done.
Until today when ALL seemed to fail, I'm ready to cough up a few $hundred
for a better beast,
with wired ethernet+USB though I suppose it's pointless to avoid wireLESS
interface as long as it does wired ethernet. Oh look! Today's impossible
job just came out, from where! Losing my mind.
Budget: since not color, I could go over $300 or so, where most of the
decent ones sit.
Been an HP fan for a long time, but things change, and I'm open to other
solid models. Thx!
Hey Gang,
I hope you're having a happy and healthy safe 4th of July!!
We've got a meeting next week! I'm going to give a quick demo on Min.io,
we'll do a round table and I'm sure general tom foolery will occur!
Our usual Jitsi haunt will be where we'll meet until things improve, though
it's looking better for New England and worse for everybody else..
My hope is soon we'll be meeting at Technopia, but until then, we'll keep
the candle burning anyway we can!
Later,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
