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Self-hosted IP-phone network (feddit.nu)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Just for fun, a few associations I'm part of want to set up our own IP-phone network, with our own phone numbers and such.

  • Is this possible?
  • How would one go about doing this?
  • Does it have to be it's own separate network or can it work via the internet without special setup beyond a public IP?
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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (9 children)

You will want a couple things. First get yourself some VoIP phones. Yealink is a decent brand. Grand stream Wave is a good option for Android and iOS softphones.

Secondly download a PBX. I recommend Fusion PBX others will recommend 3cx but the main thing is to avoid Asterisk.

Finally get yourself a SIP trunk from a phone provider.

Now cry in pain as you are constantly bombarded with SIP attacks in your home.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Interesting - why avoid asterisk?

    I looked into fusion to play with but I’ve been using asterisk casually since like the 00s with no issues.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Owned by a for profit *aaS provider whose motivations are money.

    Fusion PBX is a front end of freeswitch is not. Mark and the team at Fusion are top notch with their support.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is fusionpbx completely open source? Do you have any further reasons why you would recommend it?

    I was looking into asterisk the last couple of days for a new company PBX and need some alternatives to compare against. Asterisk looks also a bit complicated though not impossible

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Ah yes that makes sense. I was taken aback by my latest install of freepbx. I feel it wasn’t as aggressive during the Digium days but it definitely left a bad taste in my mouth.

    I heard good things about free switch, although it seems like a paradigm change. I’ll have to check it out.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is it possible to just run your own SIP-trunk? We're not intending on sending or receiving calls from external numbers outside of our little network.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    If you don't need external calling you don't need a trunk, it's just for connecting to the outside world. I found [[https://www.asterisk.org/|Asterisk]] was a good place to start. The config is rather involved though, so there are various front ends for it.

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