I'm testing Asterisk at home, crummy connection. Skype works fine for me, but every SIP client, even without using Asterisk, fails to connect. That's ok. Is swapping out SIP for Skype a big deal? Heh, well, I guess it's dead: http://www.digium.com/en/products/software/skype-for-asterisk If I have a really bad connection, can I "downgrade" SIP somehow? I don't really need to use to make voice calls. Or, more specifically, quality, echo, distortion aren't relevant. Just SIP to SIP "hello". When I connect to any SIP provider, ekiga, etc, without using Asterisk, I get "too many hops" errors. While I have another computer on the LAN I can connect to, it's not quite the same. Any thoughts? thanks, Thufir
On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:52:46 +0000, Thufir wrote:> Heh, well, I guess it's dead: > > http://www.digium.com/en/products/software/skype-for-asteriskis this current? http://www.remsys.com/blog/skype-connect-to-asterisk it doesn't solve, I think, the problem I have that SIP clients, sans Asterisk, cannot connect out due to too many hops/bad connection. Only Skype is able, from home at least, to connect out. From what I can tell. -Thufir
On Thursday 12 Mar 2015, Thufir wrote:> I'm testing Asterisk at home, crummy connection. Skype works fine for > me, but every SIP client, even without using Asterisk, fails to connect. > That's ok. > > Is swapping out SIP for Skype a big deal?Stay away from Skype! It is a toxic, proprietary product. The lack of interoperability by design is the antithesis of what a telecommunication system should be about -- and the extent to which they have gone to thwart any attempt at interoperability is truly shocking. For connecting two Asterisk installations to each other over the Internet, IAX is better than SIP -- that's what it was designed for. -- AJS Note: Originating address only accepts e-mail from list! If replying off- list, change address to asterisk1list at earthshod dot co dot uk .
Your characterization may be true but Skype works much better than SIP when it comes to sound quality. I have SIP softphone with Asterisk server and Skype on the same workstation. Skype just works better over the same network. Ron On 12/03/2015 9:26 AM, A J Stiles wrote:> On Thursday 12 Mar 2015, Thufir wrote: >> I'm testing Asterisk at home, crummy connection. Skype works fine for >> me, but every SIP client, even without using Asterisk, fails to connect. >> That's ok. >> >> Is swapping out SIP for Skype a big deal? > Stay away from Skype! It is a toxic, proprietary product. The lack of > interoperability by design is the antithesis of what a telecommunication > system should be about -- and the extent to which they have gone to thwart any > attempt at interoperability is truly shocking. > > For connecting two Asterisk installations to each other over the Internet, IAX > is better than SIP -- that's what it was designed for. >-- Ron Wheeler President Artifact Software Inc email: rwheeler at artifact-software.com skype: ronaldmwheeler phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102