There's a new closed community VoIP network called TeleHamster that started in my area. The idea is cool—to use old school telephones to talk to friends and neighbors. "No screens, no ads, no AI, no cookies." The phone numbers are 4 digits long 😎

One of my favorite pastimes as a teen was calling BBSes, so I've installed Mystic on my old Thinkpad laptop and Mgetty monitors a Startech hardware-based USB modem, passing actual modem calls to the board.

#bbs #linux #mysticbbs #telephone #voip

Una piattaforma moderna, gratuita e open source per chattare, chiamare e creare community senza compromessi. Fluxer mette davvero al centro chi lo usa. #Software #Fluxer #Voip #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/fluxer-la-piattaforma-open-source-per-chat-e-chiamate-pensata-per-le-community/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

So, my initial review of the Yaelink SIP-T42S before I have the in hand:
- The documentation exists, but can be a pain in the ass to track down exactly what you need.
- Looks like I've got everything already setup to serve the boot configurations and should work with my FreePBX installation. I'll probably get these setup as backups in case I lose a couple of Digium D40 phones during the competition.
- Firmware is still available for the phone, but it is EoL.
- English isn't the greatest in the documentation, but it gets the job done.
- Cheap as hell as I bought 15 of these for $34 which is absolutely insane.

#voip #yaelink #freepbx

Got all of the phones online and working, replaced two bad phones, added a third phone, and got the smol Netgear PoE switch working. The Cisco C1000 switch's configuration is good to go and all of the IP addresses/networks and phone numbers have been documented. Pretty sure everything is a go!

#pcdc #cisco #voip

Might be cool? https://fluxer.app/

No Mastodon/Fediverse presence though ugh

A bridge from Bsky is here: @fluxer.app

#discord #opensource #selfhosted #chat #voip #gaming #linuxgaming

Welp, figured having some spares would be a good idea so I found an eBay seller selling a lot of 15 Yaelink phones...should be pretty "interesting" to set up and this totally is a good idea and I won't be taking any opinions that don't also think it's awesome...lol

#voip #asterisk #pcdc

It's that time of year again as I start getting everything ready for the Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition. Upgraded the switch in the VoIP (Cisco SG300 24-port PoE -> Cisco C1000-48P-4G-L 48-port PoE), got everything configured which took far, far too long, then started verifying that all of the phones would boot and call each other. I still have a ton of phones to go and label, but the hard part is done. The annoying part is the only part left...lol

#pcdc #cisco #voip