[Asterisk-Users] Can i do voice chat without using the hardware

[Michael Van Donselaar]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 07:38:17 -0800 (PST), suresh kumar <idcsureshp at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Hi,
> 
>Yes.. i installed iaxComm in the same machine. Hope that was a wrong method. 
>How can i uninstall iaxComm so that i can get the CLI prompt?
>Please help me to provide a solution for this.
> 
>Thanks & Regards,
>Sur

You don't need to.  From looking at another of your posts, it looks like you've
got asterisk running in the background.  Typing "asterisk -r" should get you the
CLI of the asterisk that is running in the backgound.

>Michael Van Donselaar <mvand at vandonselaar.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 04:00:39 -0800 (PST), suresh kumar 
>wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Thanks a lot for your help.
>>
>>After installing iaxComm, When I test Asterisk typing
>># asterisk –vvvvc
>
>Are you running iaxComm on the same machine as asterisk? You can't do that.
>> 
>> 
>>I got a display like this (Not getting any CLI prompt)
>> 
>> 
>> [chan_iax.so] => (Inter Asterisk eXchange)
>> == Manager registered action IAX1peers
>> == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/iax1.conf': Not found (No
>>such file or directory
>>)
>> 
>> 
>>Why i am getting this error? How can i tackle this
>>error?
>>Before installing the iaxComm, i will get the CLI
>>prompt. Now it's not getting it. So please help me to
>>solve this problem.
>>
>>
>>Thanks & Regards,
>>Sur
>>
>>--- Michael Van Donselaar 
>>wrote:
>>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 05:53:44 -0800 (PST), suresh
>>> kumar 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> >Hi,
>>> >Thanks for your help. I had gone through the
>>> >www.voip-info.org and got more information
>>> regarding
>>> >the asterisk. Still now i am not clear, how can i
>>> test
>>> >this software. I had gone through the
>>> mailarchieves,
>>> >but didn't get any solution.
>>> >
>>> >My aim is that, i want to connect my PC (where i
>>> >installed the asterisk) to another PC in my network
>>> >for voice chating. For this purpose, what are the
>>> >steps to
>>> >be done? which are the files to be modified. I
>>> would
>>> >like to make use of the existing Hardware (sound
>>> card,
>>> >network card etc), i am not using any extra
>>> hardware.
>>> >Is X-Lite work in Linux? or any compatible s/w that
>>> >works under linux?
>>> 
>>> iaxComm uses asterisk's native IAX protocol. It
>>> runs on Windows, Linux and OSX.
>>> Precompiled binaries for RedHat 9, Windows, and OSX
>>> (Panther) ara available at:
>>> 
>>> http://iaxclient.sourceforge.net/iaxcomm/index.html
>>> 
>>> linphone is a SIP softphone for Linux:
>>> 
>>> http://www.linphone.org
>>> 
>>> >I am expecting an help from experienced person like
>>> >you. Or can you please send
>>> >me the link where i can get more information to
>>> tackle
>>> >my problem.
>>> >Thanking you,
>>> >Best Regards,
>>> >Sur
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >--- Matt Ammerman wrote:
>>> >> Sure thing. You're going to have to get SIP
>>> >> involved though. This
>>> >> means using sip.conf to create new sip users.
>>> >> Do a search on www.voip-info.org for sip.conf and
>>> it
>>> >> will explain how to
>>> >> configure a user for SIP.
>>> >> Then you'll need SIP clients (hard VoIP phones,
>>> or
>>> >> SIP soft clients such
>>> >> as Windows Messenger or X-Lite).
>>> >> You can make VoIP calls over an existing network
>>> >> infrastructure without
>>> >> analog hardware.
>>> >> For instance, I have an internal Asterisk PBX
>>> >> allowing VoIP
>>> >> conversations between X-Lite, Windows Messenger,
>>> and
>>> >> Pingtel clients -
>>> >> all over networking connections, no T1/E1/Analog
>>> >> needed.
>>> >> You need the hardware when you start interfacing
>>> >> with the PSTN for the
>>> >> most part.
>>> >> 
>>> >
>>
>>
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