VoIP

[Tony Arnold]

Nick,

Nicholas Thomas wrote:

> I was wondering who is using VoIP under Ubuntu, and what sort of
> settings you have?

I tried a few things a while ago with limited success.

> I'm trying to set up a SIP server (Ubuntu based, of course :) )to give
> everyone in my house (a mix of Windows & Ubuntu PCs) the ability to do
> voice calls, to/from each other, the UK, and abroad. I've tried Asterisk
> (haha, now there's a nightmare to configure!), and I'm looking at sipX
> now. Just upgrading my server to Dapper so I can use their repos.

Never looked at Asterisk, only at clients on my Ubuntu system.

> I've got voip.co.uk as one provider  (with a UK number), and another one
> with an NY phone number, whose details I've temporarily forgotten
> (eep!), and I'm trying to get them all put together.

I had problems with Linphone and voip.co.uk where calls would trerminate
afer about 60 seconds or so. sipgate.co.uk was a bit more successful. I
think I eventually decided my modem/router could not cope with VoIP
traffic (it's an unbadged lioncom box). I had awful problems setting the
  port translation up properly to let the VoIP traffic through it.

I even tried compiling the latest version of Linphone, but it didn't
help much.

So I got a bit disalluisoned with this technology and stopped using it!
Maybe I should have another try.

> Also, what softphones do you prefer? I'm trying out Ekiga at the moment;
> I prefer it over linphone... :)

You could also try sjphone. Not tried Ekiga.

Regards,
Tony.
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