Chapter 3. Test Driving the Example Configuration

Now that you have FreeSWITCH installed, it is time to explore the example configuration (or example config). The example config is preconfigured with users, a Dialplan, security settings, and more. The example config is designed to make your first experience with FreeSWITCH as simple as possible by showing you what FreeSWITCH can do.

In this chapter we will cover the following topics:

• Important VoIP and FreeSWITCH concepts

• Using the FreeSWITCH command-line interface (fs_cli)

• Configuring a phone to work with FreeSWITCH

• Calling various extensions in the system