[Asterisk-Users] iaxy vs sipura

[Brian Capouch]

Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:35:46 -0700, Florin Andrei
> <florin at andrei.myip.org> wrote:
> 
>>I need a cheap simple adaptor for analog phones to use with Asterisk. It
>>should be some kind of "configure and forget" type of device, to use at
>>the office, or just throw it in a road warrior's bag and use it while
>>travelling, to call back to the "mothership"
> 
> 
> For travelling, no SIP based device will be "configure and forget".
> Perhaps if you travel only within the US, you may be lucky most of the
> time but pretty much anywhere else where IP addresses are scarce you
> will be out of luck.
> 

If you have a Linux laptop with you, then in fact the SIP devices can be 
configured to "hide" behind it.  The laptop can then run an instance of 
asterisk that connects to the "home" asterisk server, and with the 
asterisk server on the laptop handling the NAT issues, it's pretty much 
plug and play anywhere in the world.  I've even had mine going when I'm 
in a "double-NAT" situation.

This overcomes the codec situation with the iaxy mentioned in another 
mail in this thread.

B.