In article <b10fm35dvl7dq0h5nfib9hk22p9mkncrns@4ax.com>,
David Quinton <usenet_2005D_email@REMOVETHISBITbizorg.co.uk> wrote:[color=blue]
>On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:57:21 -0500, voip <phonz@kjhgfdhjs.cn> wrote:
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>>You could just compile asterisk from source - it doesn't phone home.
>>Granted it won't have the pretty GUI that trixbox added.[/color]
>
>I can't be very scientific about it, but Trixbox is the only one that
>I've managed to get to work with HFC cards.
>I had no joy on Debian or Mandrake.[/color]

The HFC cards are "generic" ISDN cards. Using the mISDN drivers they
"just work"...

My pbx-inna-box uses a Debian variant (booting from flash) and works
just fine with HFC cards...

So if you take the time to compile up your own asterisk & modules, etc.
then it might be worth it for you.
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>WIth Trixbox, ISTR it was pretty straightforward.[/color]

Maybe you need the GUI front-end independant of the underlying asterisk,
etc. so just install FreePBX after asterisk?

Gordon