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Linksys and Sipura adapter users – check your RTP Packet Size and Network...
Edit: Reader Christopher Woods notes in a comment that the following is also applicable to at least some models of Linksys phones, e.g. SPA942 and SPA962. Do you use a Linksys or Sipura VoIP adapter?...
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BETA Perl script for Mac OS X users for Caller ID popups when using...
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BETA Perl script for Caller ID popups when using Linksys/Sipura devices
photo credit: bcostin PLEASE NOTE: This article has been updated as of December 30, 2008. This now works with a Mac or Win32 computer (and Linux computers with libnotify installed or readily...
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Review of Ring Voltage Booster II™ from Mike Sandman Enterprises
Once in a while you run into a situation where someone wants to put a whole bunch of phones on one physical phone pair. This can often happen in a home with many rooms, where every room has been...
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Review of Atcom AG-188N IAX+SIP ATA (VoIP adapter) – Part 1 – The unboxing
One of the problems often encountered with VoIP is the use of the SIP protocol, specifically when used between a VoIP adapter such as the venerable Linksys PAP2 (or something similar) and an Asterisk...
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Review of Atcom AG-188N IAX+SIP ATA (VoIP adapter) – Part 2 – Initial setup...
In yesterday’s installment I explained why, in some cases, IAX is the superior protocol to use for VoIP calls. Of course, having a superior protocol doesn’t count for much if the calls don’t sound...
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Review of Atcom AG-188N IAX+SIP ATA (VoIP adapter) – Part 3 – Setting the...
In yesterday’s installment of this review of the Atcom AG-188N (sold in North America by CIGear), I had mentioned that you could download the documentation from the manufacturer’s web site in .PDF...
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Review of Atcom AG-188N IAX+SIP ATA (VoIP adapter) – Part 4 – Setting up SIP,...
After yesterday’s installment we had pretty much configured the VoIP side of the Atcom AG-188N (sold in North America by CIGear) using the IAX protocol. Of course, even though IAX is the superior...
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Review of Atcom AG-188N IAX+SIP ATA (VoIP adapter) – Part 5 – Networking and...
In our previous installment we completed setting up the VoIP portion of the Atcom AG-188N (sold in North America by CIGear), touching on some of the other screens in the process. But there’s a whole...
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Review of Atcom AG-188N IAX+SIP ATA (VoIP adapter) – Part 6 – Final Thoughts...
In yesterday’s installment of this series we discussed the internal router and other networing capabilities of the Atcom AG-188N (sold in North America by CIGear). The one thing that had me a bit...
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Review of Atcom AG-188N IAX+SIP ATA (VoIP adapter) – Part 7 – Addendum
Although I have technically finished up the series on the Atcom AG-188N (sold in North America by CIGear), I wanted to open a post to answer any questions or comments that may arise. One thing that...
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Mini-review of Sangoma U100 USBfxo device
I recently had the experience of trying to help someone make a Sangoma USBfxo device (model U100) work on a server that runs FreePBX and Asterisk. The advertised features of this device are as follows:...
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Link: Free SIP Calling with Google Voice (sans Gizmo5)
One of the more popular articles on this site is How to use Google Voice for free outgoing calls on an Asterisk/FreePBX system (the easy way), but that article assumes that you own (or have...
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Link: Interesting security technique for Asterisk and FreePBX users (may work...
NOTE: For some reason WordPress absolutely hates it when I try to edit this post, and turns links and other things into piles of steaming poo. If things don’t look right here please e-mail me or leave...
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Seven tips for making your VoIP service work
Image by hc.saustrup via Flickr The following is based on my experiences with VoIP over the past few years. Some people can buy a VoIP adapter, or obtain one from a VoIP provider, and make it work...
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Google Voice finds another way to screw with (some) Asterisk users
Image via Wikipedia If you are using Asterisk or another software PBX to connect to Google Voice, and you or some of your users are using VoIP adapters, you may be familiar with a phenomenon called...
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[NO LONGER AVAILABLE:] How to set up a SipBri account to make and receive...
EDIT (May 9, 2012): This service appears to be totally shut down and the domain no longer goes to anyplace useful. Sorry, folks, move along, nothing to see here. I suggest you check out How to use the...
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Updated two Obihai/VoIP-related posts today
(If I could find an ideal image to put here, it would be the WordPress logo with voodoo pins in it. Read on to find out why…) I just thought some of you might like to know that I updated two Obihai and...
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