Asterisk + FreePBX + Google Voice on DNS-323

Posted on Jan 14, 2010 by Roland2 Comments

Step 2. Install and Configure Asterisk

When I first started on this part, I tried to build Asterisk from source in order to install the latest version. But the many dependencies and the slow build process on DNS-323, due to its slow CPU, changed my mind. Fortunately there is binary available for ARM architecture in Debian, just not the latest version. But it works just fine.

The process is simple:

dlink-xxx:# apt-get install asterisk

Now we need to configure it to unload all the modules that we don’t really need to reduce memory usage.

dlink-xxx:# nano /etc/asterisk/modules.conf

Now add these lines to the end of the file:

noload => chan_gtalk
noload => chan_iax2
noload => chan_zap
noload => chan_vpb
noload => pbx_dundi
noload => app_amd
noload => res_jabber
noload => res_odbc
noload => res_smdi
noload => res_snmp
noload => app_directory_odbc.so
noload => app_voicemail_imap.so
noload => app_voicemail_odbc.so

Then look for and change:

load => format_au.so
...
load => format_mp3.so

to

noload => format_au.so
...
noload => format_mp3.so

Now restart Asterisk:

dlink-xxx:# /etc/init.d/asterisk restart

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2 Responses to “Asterisk + FreePBX + Google Voice on DNS-323”

  1. John Timmers
    January 15th, 2010 at 6:35 AM

    Wow, great tutorial! Makes it really clear, the steps you’ve taken. It’s actually deterred me from doing it on my own dns-323, which I’m using primarily now, as a torrent client/server ( I was using it a a backup/fileserver for our home computer network, but realized pretty quickly it just didn’t have the horsepower to do what I wanted it to do). That said, it’s as reliable as a hammer, in that it will run for months without a hiccup (installed funplug on it almost immediately after unboxing it a couple years ago).

    After reading about your experiences, and the instructions on the nerdvittles site, I think I’m going to buy one of those low power acer revo boxes, and install pbx-in-a-flash on it. I think they have enough power to do what you’ve done on the dns-323, and media-centre as well :-) :-)

    Thanks again for the writeup!

  2. rolandli
    January 15th, 2010 at 8:36 AM

    Thanks. But this is not something original, I just put those pieces together specifically for DNS-323.

    I use my DNS-323 mostly as a media server, occasionally for Bittorrent. But the built-in BT client is very limited and crashes often. So I siwtched to rTorrent. I can turn it on and off as I wish.

    The Acer Revo is a great machine. It’s cheap, even cheaper if you go the Ubuntu route. I was considering getting one as a HTPC. But I do want Blu-Ray capability and Atom is just not gonna cut it.

    D-Link has a 4-Bay NAS DNS-343, that maybe my next NAS since the 2TB on my DNS-323 is running out soon…

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