[Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone

[Eric Wieling]

you use port source port + ip address and dest port + ip address.

IAX allows you to mux multiple calls in the same UDP data stream (called
"trunking")

On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 15:26, William Flanagan wrote:
> Eric-
> 
> Thanks for answering.  Maybe a Stupid Question.  If you have two IAX
> softphones connecting to the same destination, how does it manage it on the
> receiving end.  It seems like that would work great for point to point
> connections, but if you have more than one session up (and I would think for
> example into a voicemail server you'd have multiple connections up, to the
> mixer for a 3 way conference, etc.) how is the port addressing managed?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Wieling" <eric at fnords.org>
> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone
> 
> 
> > SIP negotiates the port numbers it will use for voice for each call.
> > The call setup is done via port 5060 but the voice packets use
> > dynamically allocated ports and so firewalls don't know what ports to
> > deal with when doing NAT.  IAX does NOT negotiate the port numbers for
> > the voice stream, it always uses the same port number.
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 14:27, William Flanagan wrote:
> > > All-
> > >
> > > Why is this the case?  Is it that it uses TCP?  Is it the protocol?  Is
> it
> > > that it works better through NATs?  Is it just more mature than the SIP
> or
> > > MGCP implementation?  What's the reason for it?  A protocol is a
> protocol in
> > > my book.  I'm trying to understand why the IAX protocol would work sooo
> much
> > > better.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > William
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Dan" <dtoma at fx.ro>
> > > To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:04 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone
> > >
> > >
> > > > Not better.... A LOT BETTER...
> > > >
> > > > ;-)
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "William Flanagan" <williameflanagan at hotmail.com>
> > > > To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:21 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hey all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Why does the IAX client have better reliabilty than a SIP client?
> I'm
> > > > just
> > > > > curious.
> > > > >
> > > > > William
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > > From: "Dan" <dtoma at fx.ro>
> > > > > To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:53 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It is great.
> > > > > > I works far better than any other software phone (X-Lite or
> SJPhone)
> > > > when
> > > > > > you are over an unreliable connection.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Dan
> > > > > > P.S.  A local volume control (mic and speaker) and source selector
> > > will
> > > > be
> > > > > a
> > > > > > great add-on.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > > > From: <wasim at convergence.com.pk>
> > > > > > To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:22 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > yep... iaxclient.sf.net
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  - wasim
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Dan wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > There is any Windows IAX based soft phone available?
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