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Session Initiation Protocol is one of the protocols used for controlling sessions (signaling) in internet telephony.

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Why do Ekiga touchtones only work with the RFC2833 setting?

I have Ekiga acting as a softphone for my VOIP account. I made a call to an automated switchboard which required me to "press 2 to continue". I attempted to press "2" on the keypad pane but the DTMF ...
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How to get and install g723 codecs for sip applications?

I install an ubuntu desktop in my company network (windows network) that use SIP on software phone and hard SIP phones. I use Jitsi that is a good client for SIP and works well with others software ...
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Asterisk Configuration on wireless network

I have installed Asterisk in my laptop on Ubuntu. Afterwards I created wireless network on the same machine (on which I have installed Asterisk). Next I installed 3CX softphone client on two laptops ...
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Ekiga softphone shows as "registered" -- but is it actually?

Is Ekiga actually registered? How would I know? I think Ekiga connects, or at least it says "registered": But, when I exit Ekiga, and use SFLphone, it fails to register: While sipsak shows a 200 OK ...
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topology for an unmanaged switch (firewall)

I'm considering an unmanaged switch. My understanding is that many of these devices explicitly lack a firewall. In that case, what do you use as a firewall? I suppose one option would be to use a ...
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Firefox can't find the file at sip: xxxx

Hi have a voip service that works great and use Bria Counterpath softphone - also good. I have installed a click to call add on for Firefox and keep getting this error: Firefox can't find the file ...
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Getting Asterisk PBX to do SIP URI dialling properly?

I've installed AsteriskNOW in a VM and I'm having a hard time getting calls from the PBX to head outbound to another SIP address on the SIP2SIP network I use for occasional testing purposes. However, ...
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Not registering on Asterisk over VPN

I want to work in local area from home, I configured OpenVPN on my Asterisk server (it is only one Linux server in LAN), it works fine. I enabled forwarding on Asterisk server, and client now can ...
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Can Asterisk accept and send SMS?

Is it possible to send and receive SMS over Asterisk? I am using Asterisk for my communications and it works pretty good. I just wish that I could send SMS to my callers. thanks
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Caller ID not working

I have an ASUS AX-112W Voip box behind a router, connected to a regular phone. After hours fighting with the router and the voip box, I finally found a configuration where everything works almost ...
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How to debug “SIP registration failed”?

My SIP phone, which I use from Turkey with a virtual UK number, has recently stopped working with "SIP registration failed" and the supplier of the UK number has told me the times of the last ...
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How do I make a SIP call from behind an HTTP Proxy?

We browse websites using an HTTP proxy; there's no direct internet access. The only VoIP program that works out-of-the-box in our network is Skype and it's using that proxy too. For example, I want to ...
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tcpdump prints nothing while trying to listen communication with sip server

The following command sudo tcpdump -nqt -s 0 -A -i eth0 port 5060 works and prints incoming SIP messages. Now I want to see entire communication and entering the IP address of the SIP server: ...
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Windows based Virtual Modem software

I am trying to find a virtual software that will allow multiple users to "dial in" to a machine at any given time. However my efforts have been stopped at every step of the way. The phone number we ...
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Why can't SSH tunneling be used for SIP VOIP encryption?

On http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page_id=2716 it says "Note that SSH tunneling is not a viable method for VoIP media path encryption." Why can't SSH tunneling (as opposed to a VPN) be used ...
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VoIP (on a landline) vs SIP (on mobile)? What do I miss not using VoIP [closed]

A bit of a background. Thinking of moving away from a softphone, which I predominantly use for a long distance calls, a few months ago I got myself a Linksys SPA3000, got it configured (was not easy, ...
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Why isn't my router allowing my PAP2T to connect to my VoIP service?

My tech knowledge is middle-low: as you can see I'm not shy about getting into the interfaces for my router, but have no idea what the more complex settings mean. I got a new wireless router (D-Link ...
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How does SIP work and what is its use in VOIP?

How does SIP work and what is its use in VOIP? Do I have to have it or can I use a direct plug-in to the computer to use VOIP?
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What is SIP, in plain English? [closed]

I have tried reading the Wikipedia page for SIP but I can't follow at all (incidentally, it is currently marked as too technical). What exactly is SIP? I understand how it is a protocol for ...
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How to create a proxy to access sip which is IP locked

Here is what i want to do , I have a sip phone configured on my home system which only works on my static IP , Using zoiper soft phone. I want to be able to connect to my system remotely and be able ...
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Traffic Route mismatch with two NIC Windows Server 2008

I have small issue on my network I have two NIC, NIC 1 Connected to the internet and local network, NIC 2 Connected to Sip Trunk Circuit (No Internet) Each one of them has different Gateway. My ...
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SIP plugin for Trillian

I like using Trillian for chats (Skype, Google Talk, ...) but I cannot add a SIP Account to make calls with Trillian directly. Google always tells me to download the SIP Plugin for Trillian, but this ...
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pfSense allowing inbound sip phones, but not sip trunk

I am currently trying to get an inbound trunk working on a remote Asterisk machine. The ip phones are remote and connecting just fine through port 5060 (I can make internal calls to voicemail, other ...
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One way broadcast of SIP call using Wowza

I have a POTS conference call taking place and I want to live stream the audio over the internet using Wowza. My plan is to dial into the conference call essentially bridging the audio onto the Wowza ...
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What's the most advanced SIP client for Linux these days? [closed]

I'm currently struggling which SIP client software to use with respect to Ubuntu / Gnome. Some clients I've looked so far: Blink, seems promising but the Linux variant lacks a lot of features ...
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MIxing RFC1918 NATed and public IP addresses using IPTABLES

I wish to host a SIP server and DNS at the end of an ADSL2 connection. My current network sits behind an iptables firewall which runs on a Linux box with two Ethernet interfaces, the WAN interface (...
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Consumer Router/Firewall qualities which are compatible with IP phones

I use a SIP phone from home over an internet connection to connect to a PBX in the internet. The internet connection is 50 Mbps down / 10 Mpbs up. Empirically I have tested several routers and found ...
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How to set domain if differ from SIP server?

I have server name differs from SIP account's domain name (in SIP the domain name is just a user group and may not coincide with DNS name). I see no "domain" field in Jitsi account configuration. ...
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Provider independent SIP address

I'm currently investigating getting a (private) SIP account and have looked around various providers. As far as I can see they all give you addresses like [email protected] but if I would ...
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X-Lite v4 softphone doesn't show up onscreen in Windows 7 (only nonfunctional tray icon)

I installed X-Lite on a 64-bit Win 7 machine. Install seems to go smoothly, then when I launch the application, its splash screen appears, then it goes away, leaving a tray icon with the familiar up-...
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microsoft lync linux client [closed]

we are currently evaluating Microsoft Lync server (previously Microsoft Office Communications Server). It talks sip over TLS (TCP 5061) with SIMPLEmessaging, what linux client would you suggest to ...
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Softphone for 64-bit Windows 7 to make SIP calls without registering with a SIP proxy?

We have test tools that require us to call SIP addresses like localhost:5061. I used to use SJPhone on Windows XP, and an older version of X-lite, which both worked fine, and didn't require the SIP ...
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sip trunking- asterisk(as a sip server) configuration

I would like to create a voip between two clients. I have two asterisks installed and configured on two public ip: Asterisk1 and Asterisk2. I have two clients defined in asterisk1 (client1,client2) ...
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SIP - linksys and no voice

I have a PC and a Linksys SPA3102. I have connected them directly with an etthernet cable (pc address 192.168.0.10, linksys address 192.168.0.1). An analog phone device is connected to linksys (...
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Two VoIP connections on a single DSL service

I want to connect two SIP phones to my router, alongside one another. One connects to my commercial VoIP service provided by my ISP. The other connects to my business VoIP PBX as a remote extension. ...
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Do many of the betamax voip services allow caller id spoofing? [closed]

There are many betamax voip services such as voipgain, voipcheap, voipstunt which ask you to supply a phone number and a destination phone number when making a call (as can be seen in the free trial ...
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What is the difference between a VoIP phone and a SIP phone? [closed]

I was under the impression that SIP is a protocol for the initiation of communication between applications, and that the protocol VoIP is for the transmission over an established pair of IP addresses ...
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Do VoIP packets travel through the internet link in LAN calls?

or do they leave the LAN if they don't really need to? If both parties in a call are in the same LAN, does the SIP/Skype call voice packets travel in and out through the internet? If so, how do I to ...
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How to configure Pidgin IM with sipgate SIP?

I have a sipgate SIP-account with money on it. Telephony works fine with Empathy. But how to configure Pidgin to support my SIP-account?
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Book for understanding Internet Telephony?

I'm a developer, system/network administrator, and I'm very familiar in setting up internet services such as Apache, BIND, SSH, etc. but what I'm entirely new to is telephony. Is there a book or guide ...
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Migrating from Skype - Calling landlines?

I've been wanting to stop using Skype for quite a while, but now that they're being bought by Microsoft, I think it's about time to spring into action. I use Skype mainly to call landlines abroad - I ...
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MacOS IVR SIP client

I'm looking for a SIP client that provides IVR functionality on MacOS X. Is there something like that? Max
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How to set up personal VoIP server?

I'm looking to run my own VoIP server so I can make and record calls and the like. I need to basically bind a phone number to the server and me able to call it and use it as a regular phone. I'm new ...
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How to split registration and media?

I have a SIP project. Where i will have SIP server running. Server will do following: will only do routing and receive incoming calls But the audio/video will be peer 2 peer Can this be done with ...
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DrayTek 2820 configuration using public IP addresses

I have a /29 range of public IP addresses assigned to me by my ISP. I'm trying to configure a SIP VOIP handset to register with my VOIP provider who recommend using public IP addresses rather than NAT....
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SIP: PAP2T doesn't support dynamic IP?

I have the Linksys PAP2T with firmware v5.1.6(LS). I want to make it connect to a SIP gateway (LANCOM 1823 VoIP) through internet (both sides use an ADSL connection). The problem is that the ...
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Using Asterisk (SIP) with multiple phone lines?

I'm trying to create a VOIP system that will allow me to run multiple conference calls at the one time. For instance, A is talking to B and C And at the same time D is talking to E and F So I'm ...
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getting pbxes, sip2sip, ipkall all working

I was able to make a call from my landline to my ipkall number and have it ring on my android device running sipdroid. Just once. Since then, when I call my ipkall number, I get "The person at ...
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Best SIP VOIP hardware ever. Suggestions? [closed]

I need a VOIP adapter that has at least these characteristics: 1 ethernet port, so I can make SIP VOIP calls. The box must allow one or two SIP accounts; 1 FXS port, so I can connect it to my ...

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