[Asterisk-Users] a simple call to my girlfriend

[Administrator TOOTAI]

Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC a écrit :

> While I agree with Firefly being a top-notch IAX client, Hendrik was 
> hoping for a linux client.  I'm also curious which one people recommend.

Kiax, iaxcomm, mozphone.

>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael Graves wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:51:23 +0200, Hendrik Wouters wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Some background:
>>>
>>> I would like to call my girlfriend over the internet. We are both 
>>> behind a nat router and I want to avoid portmapping.
>>> I've heard that you can call someone behind a firewall (nat router) 
>>> with the IAX protocol, but I'm not sure.
>>>
>>> The questions:
>>>
>>> Do I have to set up my own PBX asterisk server or are there any 
>>> other (free) servers where I can register on and connect to?
>>>
>>> Which is the best (linux) client to call someone with IAX?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Greetings Hendrik
>>>
>>> P.S. I don't want to use skype (not open standard, it still doens't 
>>> work well in Linux and eats al the time of my old laptop CPU).
>>
>>
>>
>> You can use the Firefly soft phone as your IAX2 client. Then setup a
>> couple of accounts with Free World Dialup. They support both SIP and
>> IAX2 connections. This way to can call her via IAX2 without issue at
>> all. You'll have to get the version of FireFly that is meant for third
>> aprty networks. A quick google should turn it up.
>>
>> Michael
>
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Daniel