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XIPAR Asterisk Radio Over IP Server Network Installation Process

A new installation package and ISO file were released on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 1548 EST. Earlier ISO images no longer work.

The XIPAR package now includes Fedora 12, Asterisk 1.4.28, DAHDI 2.2.1, FreePBX 2.7.0, Webmin 1.51 and the Shorewall Firewall.

Thanks to all of the XIPAR users who have carefully reported issues and made great suggestions for the new features in this version.

This is a network install. That means that an ISO image file must be downloaded and written to a CDROM or USB Flash drive and used to boot the target computer. From there, you select a specific XIPAR version to download and install from our website. The installation includes the operating system and all of the Voice Over IP and Radio Over IP applications.

To start, read these important instructions.

Then, download this image file and write it to either a CDROM or USB Flash drive.

Connect your computer to your network which must provide the computer with an IP address and Internet access.

Install or attach your radio interface. It must be present for the installation to work properly. However it does not have to be connected to a radio.

Set your computer BIOS to boot to the CDROM or USB Flash drive first and then the hard drive. Insert the CDROM or USB Flash drive and restart the computer.

When the installation boot message appears please wait a few seconds and the installation will continue.

Then follow the instructions and prompts that appear on the console. The Operating System installation will ask to reboot after about 45 minutes. Remove the CDROM or USB Flash drive at this time. Then after rebooting, the installation will continue and take another hour. The times given are approximations and depend on your Internet connection and processor speeds.

REMEMBER ALL DATA ON THE COMPUTER WILL BE ERASED AND REPLACED WITH THIS NEW INSTALLATION.

VERY IMPORTANT STEP: After the installation completes, browse to the server's main web page and select 'Admin', then 'PBX Setup', and then click on the orange 'Apply Configuration Changes' prompt. After the server indicates that the changes have been applied you must select 'System' and then a final 'Reboot'. This applies the initial configuration and is essential for proper operation.