From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 18:35:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A18C116A428 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:35:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@allenmyland.com) Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net (rwcrmhc14.comcast.net [216.148.227.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B3A543D48 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:35:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@allenmyland.com) Received: from bserver.transpack.com ([68.80.195.248]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20060222183550m14003b6a5e>; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:35:50 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.transpack.com [127.0.0.1]) by bserver.transpack.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C2AB843; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:35:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from bserver.transpack.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bserver.transpack.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12815-07; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:35:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.214.102] (kbuilt.transpack.com [192.168.214.102]) by bserver.transpack.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4395B842; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:35:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43FCAEFE.3070607@allenmyland.com> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:35:42 -0500 From: Ken Stevenson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter References: <20060222030711.2842.qmail@web60017.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060222030711.2842.qmail@web60017.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at transpack.com Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: anyone using voip? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:35:55 -0000 Peter wrote: > Hi, I'm looking for comments from people who are using a voip solution > with FreeBSD. The archives of this group show mixed results. I see there > is a skype port available. To me that implies that this is possible. > What of hardware? USB phones? > > -- > Peter > > I've started playing around with it at home. I installed the asterisk port on FreeBSD and downloaded the free Counterpath X-Lite softphone for XP. Using a headset (Plantronics USB), I've gotten as far as calling the asterisk demo on my server. I got an account on FWD (Free World Dialup) for testing, and also downloaded and registered with Skype. Check out voip-info.org as a resource. As far as hardware, you might want to look at SNOM phones or Polycom phones for SIP based IP phones, and Sipura as an ATA to use with standard phones. Here's an article on how one guy setup asterisk for use at home: http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/voip.ars -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc.