I had posted previously that I had some issues getting ESXi to install on a Compaq DL360. Well, I have a slightly newer Intel white box server and it's installed just fine with that, recognizing some of the older SCSI cards as well. So, I'll be…
I keep an eye on my logs and for as long as I can remember this post has been the most popular: http://www.thecruftofmybrain.com/2006/03/14/cisco-router-with-fxo-as-an-asterisk-gateway/ It's funny that almost 3 years later very little has changed. I'm running Trixbox CE now…
It's been a while since I looked at what was formerly known as the Cisco Attendant Console. Color me unimpressed. I found the new version's install process to be tedious mainly because it's java based. Key buttons would disappear repeatedly during the install and…
I now have Win7 installed on my TC1100with only 768mb of ram. It's much much better than Vista, which was a dog. The handwriting recognition also seems somewhat better. Maybe Win7 really is cool after all! I followed this post for guidance and the links to the specific…
Gizmo5 is finally the one to break the Skype barrier. They have a new service now called OpenSky (har) that is essentially a proxy between Gizmo's SIP network and the Skype network. I imagine they're doing something like the non-free Skype Asterisk channels that have been…
I've been working on some complex VPN configurations by using GNS3 and PEMU which is built in. It's nice to be able to throw together a bunch of devices and get them talking without much fuss. However, I discovered today that PEMU is really designed to…
Once again, I've moved the in house phone system. I was running into problems with the virtual version I had running for the last couple of months. It worked pretty well most of the time but the clock was continually out of sync and that caused other problems…
It's official, I'm going independent. I know, I probably could have picked better market timing. I think we'll be getting a bump in the next month or so though and this year might turn out ok. Time will tell. In the meantime, I need…