asterisk users - Jan 2008 - [IAX] Up-to-date list of soft- and hardphones?

Hello

	There's a lot of information on VoIP at www.voip-info.org ...
but there's also a lot of outdated information there as well :-/

Since SIP is a pain to use when NAT is involved, especially when both
the Asterisk server and the remote phones are behind NAT... I'd like
to try IAX to see how it works and if it solves the issue.

I'd like to start with a softphone (Windows only), and then, if tests
prove successfully, buy a hardphone. What would be your
recommendations?

Thank you.

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Vincent wrote:
> Hello
>
> 	There's a lot of information on VoIP at www.voip-info.org ...
> but there's also a lot of outdated information there as well :-/
>
> Since SIP is a pain to use when NAT is involved, especially when both
> the Asterisk server and the remote phones are behind NAT... I'd like
> to try IAX to see how it works and if it solves the issue.
>
> I'd like to start with a softphone (Windows only), and then, if tests
> prove successfully, buy a hardphone. What would be your
> recommendations?
Diax is probably the smallest Windows softphone.

I like my Digium Iaxy and a POTS instrument.

Thanks in advance,
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Vincent wrote:
> Hello
>
> 	There's a lot of information on VoIP at www.voip-info.org ...
> but there's also a lot of outdated information there as well :-/
>
> Since SIP is a pain to use when NAT is involved, especially when both
> the Asterisk server and the remote phones are behind NAT... I'd like
> to try IAX to see how it works and if it solves the issue.
>
> I'd like to start with a softphone (Windows only), and then, if tests
> prove successfully, buy a hardphone. What would be your
> recommendations?
IDEFISK or Zoiper as it's called now.

However, you'll need to do similar things to your asterisk box & router
if
it's behind NAT for IAX as you do for SIP. (You will need a static IP 
address on the NAT router and port-forward 4569 to the asterisk box, just 
as you'd port-forward 5060 and 10000-20000 for SIP)

And a SIP phone behind a NAT router is also solvable if it supports STUN.

I know that SIP behind NAT isn't perfect, but with care, it's very
usable
and workable. I have many installations doing just this, as I'm sure many 
others on the list have too.

Gordon