[Gloucs] VoIP- back to square one.

[Geoff Bagley]

Hi Glyn,

I will reply to your mail when I have had chance to study it.

For the time being,  I have bought two Linksys (self-contained)  VoIP 
telephones.
No need to mess with my computer.

One of them is already working on my ethernet,  and I can "ping" it from 
Linux.

The other is (a Christmas present)  for my daughter,  who has settled in 
Southern Ireland.

I am looking at scpgate  to provide free interconnection. 
I have decided (for several reasons)  to reject Skype.

Best regards,

Geoff.









Glyn Davies wrote:
> David Corking wrote:
>> On Nov 30, 2007 Geoff Bagley wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> Did someone say that there was a Gloucester-LUG member who could supply
>>> a suitable Linux friendly phone instrument ?
>>>     
>>
>> I thought so, but if you did not hear from him, perhaps his business
>> plans are not going in the direction I thought.
>>
>>   
> You are probably thinking of Chris who gave the talk on Asterisk a few 
> months back. I don't think he's list member.
>> By the way - it does not need to be Linux-friendly.  A SIP phone
>> connects directly to Ethernet, so directly to the back of your
>> broadband router.  No Linux PC (nor Windows PC) required - except to
>> configure it with a web browser.
>>   
> You've made me stir from pedants' corner. SIP  (AFAIUI) is a protocol 
> much like HTTP so in truth, some SIP phones connect directly to 
> ethernet while many phones do not. A few examples of this are the SIP 
> client on a Nokia N95 mobile phone (which can use WiFi), and the many 
> softphones (Linphone, etc) that are just pieces of software that run 
> on OSes (be they Windows, Linux, etc). Some of the cheap USB phones 
> (effectively a USB audio device) 'support SIP' but that really means 
> (I believe) the software client (aka softphone) they come with does.
>> So here is another local firm that can take your order for a SIP phone
>>
>> http://store.gradwell.com/   (Peter Gradwell, Bath)
>>
>> There are others but I don't have their details to hand.
>>   
> For SIP phones, have a look at 
> http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?qfind=SIP&x=0&y=0
> If the link doesn't work, go to http://www.ebuyer.co.uk and type SIP 
> into the Product Finder.
>
> As said in previous posts, the other option is an ATA which is 
> basically a bit of hardware that does all the voip stuff but allows 
> you to plug a standard telephone into it. Have a look at Linksys' site 
> and search for the PAP2 and the SPA2002. Can't quite tell the 
> difference between the two of these (from a quick glance). My only 
> advice would be to make sure it is a UK model (so it doesn't have to 
> wrong phone jacks)
>
> More info that you can shake a stick at here:
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Analog+Telephone+Adapters
>
> And my final offering:
> Back to the USB phones. Have a look at 
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/101480
> There is a chance that it will work with Skype on Linux.
> There is a chance that it will work with other softphones on Linux.
> It works with FC3 whatever that means. I guess it means it is 
> recognised as a USB audio device and (possibly) comes with an FC3 client.
>
> I'd suggest my final offering might be the easiest, especially if it 
> works with Skype. You won't have to get your daughter to change her 
> setup then.
>