Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:42:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any working SIP-phone on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <179528.87578.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTim6U-Tb-i%2Bk2X917zybpLJjqXVLNw@mail.gmail.com> References: <4DFCDE25.2050203@rawbw.com> <20110618180326.GA21890@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4DFD01B9.5010807@rawbw.com> <20110618212315.GB21890@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20110619072518.2115dffb@scorpio> <BANLkTikaYJMSrGXynurtRmnqB%2BJLDLBjYA@mail.gmail.com> <20110619112248.7c879c1f@scorpio> <BANLkTim6U-Tb-i%2Bk2X917zybpLJjqXVLNw@mail.gmail.com>
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Wow. this thread really took a turn for the worse. So getting back to the m= ain =0Atopic about SIP phones, I have been using SIP phones since 2006 and = I never =0Afound anything that worked under FreeBSD. Mainly for this reason= and this reason =0Aseems to mirror where this thread went off topic.=0A=0A= While I could make something work on my end, because I'm a hobbyist, I coul= d not =0Aget my friends, family, co-workers, customers, etc... to make anyt= hing work, =0Aeven in the M$ environment. The main reason is that hackers i= n this world have =0Acaused all of us to in one way or another deploy firew= alls. And I would say that =0A99% of the non-hobbyists out there don't have= a clue how to configure their =0Afirewall, indeed many of them don't even = know they have one working. Whether =0Ait's M$ built-in firewall or the fir= ewall on their ISP supplied router/modem, or =0Athe hotel they are staying = at is blocking SIP ports. Unless you can get the =0Aperson on the other end= to receive your phone call then very little works. Which =0Ais a real sham= e because as a hobbyist I have done some really neat things with =0ASIP pho= nes, Asterisk, not to mention VPN and other packages. But without another = =0Ahobbyist on the other end, its proved more than impossible to get things= working =0Awhich I could really use on a daily basis.=0A=0AOh and just in = case...I use Asterisk on FreeBSD-8.2-STABLE as my PBX for my =0Aprivate=A0h= ome office. I connect via SIP with a VOIP provider who provides not =0Aonly= phone service but a DID as well. I use SIP phones (actual phones, not =0As= oftware) to make my SOHO appear to be a=A0professional corporate office wit= h =0Atransfers, conference calls, Music on hold, voice mail, the works. I = =0Aoccassionally use an IAX softphone or SIP softphone program on Windows t= o make =0Aand receive calls but for the most part I use the actual phones. = Several friends =0Aand family members have asked me to set them up similarl= y but unless I could =0Amake it totally handsfree for them there is no way = it will ever work, simply =0Abecause they are not hobbyists like me and hav= e no desire to do anything but =0Aclick a big button on their desktop which= looks like a phone. Anything beyond =0Athat and you're into the realm of i= mpossible....again.
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