[General] VoIP For Home Usage

Ahmad Al-Ibrahim ahmad at koutbo6.com
Fri Jul 31 03:55:16 +03 2009


As far as I know from reading about it, IAX protocol is for
Asterisk-Asterisk communication, and I haven't heard of any device that
supports it.

I will install G729 codec soon, thanks for sharing!

Regards,

Ahmad Al-Ibrahim

Faisal AlAbhoul wrote:
> Thats the drawbacks of SIP 2.0 over NAT. Try to use IAX2 protocol, its
> very NAT-Friendly but hardly any software clients for mobile phones
> support IAX or IAX2.
> 
> I see you didnt install G729, you can download the opensource G729 and
> simply place it in modules directory. The G711 is actually the alaw and
> ulaw codec, perfect for LAN telephony and FAX over VoIP.
> 
> --- On *Fri, 7/31/09, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim /<ahmad at koutbo6.com>/* wrote:
> 
> 
>     From: Ahmad Al-Ibrahim <ahmad at koutbo6.com>
>     Subject: Re: [General] VoIP For Home Usage
>     To: "General OpenSource Discussion" <general at oskw.org>
>     Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 3:05 AM
> 
>     It is originated from the PBX it self, it is like service message that
>     you get from telecom carriers. kind of 'miss u' like feature :)
>     screenshot attached
> 
>     Voice quality was very good, it was over LAN, not sure how to figure out
>     which codec is loaded, but I found the following files in
>     /usr/lib/asterisk/modules , it may tell you something
>     codec_adpcm.so  codec_alaw.so  codec_a_mu.so  codec_dahdi.so
>     codec_g722.so  codec_g726.so  codec_gsm.so  codec_lpc10.so
>     codec_resample.so  codec_speex.so  codec_ulaw.so
> 
>     I'm still having problems when I try to connect to the PBX via the
>     internet, sometimes I can make calls and some times I cannot, and if I
>     am able to call, when I pickup from the other side, I cant hear
>     anything. The PBX is behind NAT and on DMZ.
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>     Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
> 
>     Faisal AlAbhoul wrote:
>     > Like i said before, Asterisk 1.6.x (Trixbox 2..8) has a lot of
>     features,
>     > the SMS message i never had it before, could it come from a free sms
>     > gateway from Fonality once you registered your Trixbox?
>     >
>     > How good is the voice quality on the E71? can you tell which codec you
>     > used? hopefully its G729 and not G711.
>     >
>     >
>     > --- On *Thu, 7/30/09, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim /<ahmad at koutbo6.com
>     </mc/compose?to=ahmad at koutbo6.com>>/* wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >     From: Ahmad Al-Ibrahim <ahmad at koutbo6.com
>     </mc/compose?to=ahmad at koutbo6.com>>
>     >     Subject: Re: [General] VoIP For Home Usage
>     >     To: "General OpenSource Discussion" <general at oskw.org
>     </mc/compose?to=general at oskw.org>>
>     >     Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 1:36 PM
>     >
>     >     I'm using Trixbox 2.8, haven't tried 2.6 to be able to compare
>     the two
>     >     versions. One cool feature, is when I get calls and the mobile
>     is not
>     >     connected to the PBX, a voice mail is recorded and once I
>     connect to the
>     >     PBX.. guess what? I get an SMS in my messages inbox from the
>     PBX telling
>     >     me you have 4 unread voice mails dial *97 to listen to your
>     voice mails!
>     >
>     >     Regards,
>     >
>     >     Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
>     >
>     >     Majed B. wrote:
>     >     > That's in trixbox 2.8 or 2.6? Do you think you can compare the
>     >     > features in these two versions, or at least see if your
>     phone could
>     >     > work with 2.6?
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks!
>     >     >
>     >     > On 7/30/09, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim <ahmad at koutbo6.com
>     </mc/compose?to=ahmad at koutbo6.com>
>     >     </mc/compose?to=ahmad at koutbo6.com
>     </mc/compose?to=ahmad at koutbo6.com>>> wrote:
>     >     >> Update to the below post. Nokia E71 worked fine without
>     problems
>     >     after
>     >     >> updating to the latest firmware that was released weeks
>     ago. Now
>     >     I can
>     >     >> send/receive calls natively from mobile without using 3rd party
>     >     apps and
>     >     >>  going through proxies.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Other application to consider is Nimbizz, has SIP, IM
>     networks, Skype
>     >     >> support, considered as a competitor to fring, and it looks
>     better,
>     >     >> responsive and usability is way better than fring. the bad
>     thing
>     >     is they
>     >     >> proxy the communications just like fring.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Regards,
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Ahmad Al-Ibrahim wrote:
>     >     >>> I've tested it with Nokia E71 and it sucks! I was able to make
>     >     calls,
>     >     >>> but I cannot receive calls.. and the phone performance
>     sucked, slow,
>     >     >>> hanged many times. I've tested it with fring and it works
>     fine,
>     >     I was
>     >     >>> able to make calls from my laptop to mobile and vice-versa
>     >     through the
>     >     >>> internet.
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>> This is cool, cant wait for OpenVox card to arrive :)
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>> Regards,
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>> Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>> Bashar Al-Abdulhadi wrote:
>     >     >>>> nice! how about testing it over the internet say using SIP
>     >     based mobile?
>     >     >>>> i.e nokia.E71? ;)
>     >     >>>>
>     >     >>>>
>     >     >>>>
>     >     >>>> Majed B. wrote, On 07/24/2009 06:57 PM:
>     >     >>>>
>     >     >>>>> I finished writing the steps I took to configure trixbox
>     & making
>     >     >>>>> caller id work.
>     >     >>>>>
>     >     >>>>>
>     > 
>        http://mbhtech.blogspot.com/2009/07/configuring-asterisktrixbox-for-kuwait.html
>     >     >>>>>
>     >     >>>>>
>     >     >>>>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Bashar
>     >     >>>>> Al-Abdulhadi<bashar at kuwaitnet.net
>     </mc/compose?to=bashar at kuwaitnet.net>
>     >     </mc/compose?to=bashar at kuwaitnet.net
>     </mc/compose?to=bashar at kuwaitnet.net>>> wrote:
>     >     >>>>>
>     >     >>>>>> yes when it comes of renting your own E1, and
>     purchasing a call
>     >     >>>>>> manager and
>     >     >>>>>> all its related devices then you need a local guy to
>     manage it
>     >     >>>>>>
>     >     >>>>>>
>     >     >>>>>> with FT's you only pay per extension and everything is
>     hosted
>     >     at their
>     >     >>>>>> premises and every office/location you add just get a
>     single data
>     >     >>>>>> link and
>     >     >>>>>> put as many extensions as you want on that location
>     >     >>>>>>
>     >     >>>>
>     > 
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