Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk wrote:
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:11:25PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
Why IAX not SIP, in practical terms? What free software phones (not switchboards) have people actually got working with IAX? Any non-Gnome/KDE ones?
IAX is *much* easier for firewall config - it's a single port rather than a block of hundreds of random ports [...]
I had to open two ports per phone - inbound SIP and inbound RTP (most non-broken services are happy with SIP and RTP on any port) - and tell the client to use those ports. Why use a block of hundreds?
[...] - it's also good as a trunking protocol [...]
I think I can see that, but I've yet to install a switchboard here (I must try flashing a router with OpenWRT now I've learnt a bit more about one router and have a few more candidates around).
So other than the NAT which I've already solved, would IAX add much?
As far as clients go, iaxComm is the only one I really used [...]
Thanks. I'll take a look at it when I'm next upgrading.
Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.co.uk wrote: [...]
As for softphones...just don't do it..not as a primary phone anyway, buy a proper SIP desk or DECT phone. On both Linux and Windows I have had very variable experiences with practically every softphone I tried. [...]
Myself and one other are working OK with softphones, but some software is better than others. What's "a proper SIP desk" to you?
DECT phones interfere with stuff. If you put them too near your satellite feed cable, you can kiss Sat.1 and DSF goodbye. I won't have one in the house any more!
Regards,