Turn new recruits into Asterisk gurus

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Our Asterisk training is the most comprehensive one available!

The Asterisk Advanced course is a five day hands-on course which covers the knowledge and skills that an advanced Asterisk administrator should know to be effective at his or her job. It is a combination of both lectures and labs designed to give the students both the theory behind the concepts and the hands-on experience to be able to effectively deploy Asterisk-based solutions.

Students will learn to create advanced dial plans and create innovative telephony solutions by using the features of Asterisk. Along the way, students will also get important insight into Voice over IP, and how to design robust VoIP networks. Students will also explore connecting Asterisk to a variety of devices, including analog phones and phone lines, digital phone lines, and VoIP providers.

Course Goal

The Asterisk Advanced course is designed to prepare Linux/Unix consultants, interconnect vendors, enterprise IT personnel , and ITSP/telco systems administrators to install, configure, manage and troubleshoot Asterisk-based VoIP systems. Items covered in the course include:

Asterisk dialplan syntax and constructs, including auto-attendants and simple IVR system
Effective use of Asterisk features, such as call parking, audio conferencing, find-me follow-me, and music on hold
Call monitoring and recording
Theory of Analog telephony, and how to connect Asterisk to the PSTN
Digital telephony using T1s and E1s
VoIP fundamentals and fundamental network concepts
SIP and IAX protocols
Connecting Asterisk to a VoIP provider
Configuring Asterisk to save Call Detail Records
Call queues and ACD with Asterisk
Call routing using DUNDi
Using the Asterisk Manager Interface to control Asterisk from an external program
Connecting Asterisk to a relational database such as MySQL
Troubleshooting your Asterisk system
Speech recognition with Asterisk and LumenVox

... and many more!

Class Materials and Cool Stuff

Each attendee will receive the following for the course:

Digium TDM411B Analog card (1 FXO port + 1 FXS port)
Digium TE121P T1/E1/J1 card
Polycom SoundPoint® IP 330 SIP Phone
Training Courseware
Asterisk Computer Laptop Backpack
Asterisk T-shirt
Calculator
Mouse pad
Orange Ice Digium Pen

Prerequisites

Linux Knowledge:

Have installed and worked in a Linux environment
Know how to manipulate files and perform basic administrative tasks from the command line
Know how to use a text editor to modify configuration files

Asterisk Experience:

Have installed Asterisk and DAHDI from source
Know where Asterisk configs are located, and how to read and use sample config files
Know the general format/syntax of the Asterisk dialplan and the basic dialplan appliactions
Asterisk CLI: Know how to connect to remote Asterisk sessions and administer them using basic CLI commands
Know how to register and use VoIP devices (phones) and providers with Asterisk

Recommended Skills:

Have general knowledge of VoIP protocols, especially SIP and IAX including generally how they work what ports they use
Programming and scripting experience: Have some familiarity with programming and scripting languages such as C, C++, Bash, Perl, etc.

What makes this class unique? Is it different than the Asterisk Bootcamp class?

While teaching the ever-popular Asterisk Bootcamp classes over the past several years, we've found that our students fall into two groups — those who think the Bootcamp was too advanced, and those who think it wasn't advanced enough. To better address the needs of our students, we've created the Asterisk Advanced course for those people who already have a fundamental knowledge of Asterisk and want to take their skillset to the next level. While some of the material overlaps with the Bootcamp class, this course has been fundamentally designed to address more advanced topics than were possible in the Asterisk Bootcamp course, given the breadth of its scope.

Certification Offered

The dCAP program is offered at the end of the Asterisk Advanced training course or can be taken separately. Please note that taking the Asterisk Advanced course does not guarantee that you will pass the dCAP exam.

Digium | Asterisk Certifications

Know Asterisk? Verify your knowledge.

Digium-Certified Asterisk Professional

The Digium-Certified Asterisk Professional (dCAP) certification is a verification of your knowledge of Asterisk. The certification covers a specific released, stable version of Asterisk. The program is offered at the end of the Asterisk Advanced training course or can be taken separately.

The dCAP test consists of a 150 question written exam concerning Asterisk and Asterisk-related technology, and a hands-on practical lab exam in which you are asked to configure a PBX according to a given specification..

Please note that taking the Asterisk Advanced course does not guarantee that you will pass the dCAP exam.

To pass the dCAP exam, it is recommended that you have read Asterisk: The Future of Telephony by O'Reilly, have actual working knowledge of setting up and maintaining an Asterisk server, have familiarity with the Asterisk sample configuration files, and have taken the Asterisk Bootcamp and/or the Asterisk Advanced course. Information on open source Asterisk can be found at Asterisk.org.

Asterisk: The Future of Telephony (.pdf)

Training Cancellation Policy

The policies below apply to all Digium | Asterisk training courses and certification programs.

Cancellation / Rescheduling

A 30-day or greater notice for cancellation/rescheduling prior to the start of training results in a 100% refund. A 7-day to 29-day notice for cancellation/rescheduling prior to the start of training results in a $250 cancellation fee. A 6-day or less notice for cancellation/rescheduling prior to the start of training results in a 0% refund.

Cancellation / Rescheduling by Aheeva Technology

Training courses and certification programs may be canceled without prior warning with a 100% refund of course fees if the minimum number of students is not met or if severe inclement weather or local or natural diasters affect class participation and deliverance of training.

Aheeva Technology will gladly move a student to another scheduled class at no cost to the student.

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