University Peering Program

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Configuring Asterisk
• Starting Asterisk
• Troubleshooting
• Resources
• Press Release

Starting Asterisk

Before starting asterisk we must first make sure that the necessary modules have been loaded by the kernel:

shell > lsmod
Module Size Used by
wct1xxp 12992 24
zaptel 177696 50

If wct1xxp or zaptel are not present, we must load them manually:

shell > cd /usr/local/src/zaptel
shell > insmod zaptel.o
shell > insmod wct1xxp.o

Then we are ready to start the asterisk server:

shell > cd /usr/local/src/asterisk
shell > ./asterisk -vvvc

After executing this command, you will be interacting with the asterisk Command Line Interface (CLI). Type help to see the options available to you. Type sip debug to see a verbose trace of all SIP negotiations.

You may exit the CLI using ctrl-C. Asterisk will remain running in the background. To use the CLI again you must reconnect to the running server by issuing the asterisk command with the -r argument:

shell > ./asterisk -rvvvc

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