[asterisk-users] Best and easiest soft phone for my Dad..

[WipeOut]

WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is the situation.. My Dad is working on contract in overseas.. He 
> has internet access in his hotel.. He wants to be able to talk to my Mum 
> but the calls are expensive..
> 
> I have an asterisk box setup for my business and it has a public IP 
> etc.. My Mum has access to a working phone extension on this box..
> 
> I got my Dad to install X-Lite but for some reason it won't register and 
> trying to talk him through working out whats wrong is proving to be 
> difficult.. Also I haven't used a softphone in years.. It could be the 
> NAT in the hotel, it could be a firewall or any number of things that 
> can cause these issues.. It could even be X-Lite or something running on 
> his PC..
> 
> So I am looking for a softphone thats really simple to setup and as 
> foolproof as possible..
> 
> If SIP is likely to be problematic to setup then I have no problem 
> getting him to use IAX but will need suggestions of which IAX softphone 
> to use and also how to configure it in the iax.conf (haven't done this 
> before)..
> 
> Any suggestions welcome and appreciated..
> 
> Thanks..
> 

Thats for all the replies to my question.. I will have to check them all 
out and see what works best for him..

Can anyone post a sample of whats needed in iax.conf for an IAX UA to be 
able to make and receive calls?

Thanks..