Hi, Some background: I would like to call my girlfriend over the internet. We are both behind a nat router and I want to avoid portmapping. I've heard that you can call someone behind a firewall (nat router) with the IAX protocol, but I'm not sure. The questions: Do I have to set up my own PBX asterisk server or are there any other (free) servers where I can register on and connect to? Which is the best (linux) client to call someone with IAX? Thanks in advance Greetings Hendrik P.S. I don't want to use skype (not open standard, it still doens't work well in Linux and eats al the time of my old laptop CPU).
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2005-Jun-02 05:03 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] a simple call to my girlfriend
Hendrik Wouters a ?crit :>Hi, > >Some background: > >I would like to call my girlfriend over the internet. We are both behind a nat >router and I want to avoid portmapping. >I've heard that you can call someone behind a firewall (nat router) with the >IAX protocol, but I'm not sure. > >The questions: > >Do I have to set up my own PBX asterisk server or are there any other (free) >servers where I can register on and connect to? > >Which is the best (linux) client to call someone with IAX? > >Thanks in advance > >Greetings Hendrik > >P.S. I don't want to use skype (not open standard, it still doens't work well >in Linux and eats al the time of my old laptop CPU). > >Go with FreeWorldDialup http://www.freeworlddialup.com -- Daniel
Skype would do you the best. On 6/2/05, Hendrik Wouters <hwouters@pandora.be> wrote:> Hi, > > Some background: > > I would like to call my girlfriend over the internet. We are both behind a nat > router and I want to avoid portmapping. > I've heard that you can call someone behind a firewall (nat router) with the > IAX protocol, but I'm not sure. > > The questions: > > Do I have to set up my own PBX asterisk server or are there any other (free) > servers where I can register on and connect to? > > Which is the best (linux) client to call someone with IAX? > > Thanks in advance > > Greetings Hendrik > > P.S. I don't want to use skype (not open standard, it still doens't work well > in Linux and eats al the time of my old laptop CPU). > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
"a simple call to my girlfriend" Unfortunately, the technology does not currently exist to make that possible. -Sorry, couldn't resist. ;-)
I would be interested in a simple call to a woman. :-) -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Robert Goodyear Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 2:50 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] a simple call to my girlfriend "a simple call to my girlfriend" Unfortunately, the technology does not currently exist to make that possible. -Sorry, couldn't resist. ;-) _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
X-Lite is available for Linux. http://www.xten.com/index.php?menu=products&smenu=download On 6/2/05, Hendrik Wouters <hwouters@pandora.be> wrote:> Hi, > > Some background: > > I would like to call my girlfriend over the internet. We are both behind a nat > router and I want to avoid portmapping. > I've heard that you can call someone behind a firewall (nat router) with the > IAX protocol, but I'm not sure. > > The questions: > > Do I have to set up my own PBX asterisk server or are there any other (free) > servers where I can register on and connect to? > > Which is the best (linux) client to call someone with IAX? > > Thanks in advance > > Greetings Hendrik > > P.S. I don't want to use skype (not open standard, it still doens't work well > in Linux and eats al the time of my old laptop CPU). > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:51:23 +0200, Hendrik Wouters wrote:>Hi, > >Some background: > >I would like to call my girlfriend over the internet. We are both behind a nat >router and I want to avoid portmapping. >I've heard that you can call someone behind a firewall (nat router) with the >IAX protocol, but I'm not sure. > >The questions: > >Do I have to set up my own PBX asterisk server or are there any other (free) >servers where I can register on and connect to? > >Which is the best (linux) client to call someone with IAX? > >Thanks in advance > >Greetings Hendrik > >P.S. I don't want to use skype (not open standard, it still doens't work well >in Linux and eats al the time of my old laptop CPU).You can use the Firefly soft phone as your IAX2 client. Then setup a couple of accounts with Free World Dialup. They support both SIP and IAX2 connections. This way to can call her via IAX2 without issue at all. You'll have to get the version of FireFly that is meant for third aprty networks. A quick google should turn it up. Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves@pixelpower.com Sr. Product Specialist www.pixelpower.com Pixel Power Inc. mgraves@mstvp.com o713-861-4005 o800-905-6412 c713-201-1262