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Session Initiation Protocol, a signalling protocol that is commonly used in Open Source VOIP solutions.

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is a signalling protocol often used for Voice/Video communication (for example, in Ekiga and Qutecom), but also for other applications, including instant messaging and gaming.

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SIP client in Ubuntu Touch?

Newb here. I am interested in using Ubuntu Phone as a SIP client. I would really like to hookup with whoever is doing the dialer (or phone app or whatever it is called) in Ubuntu Phone so that VOIP is a built in capability. Android does this but…
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Sip-client which has command-line interface

Is there any SIP-client for Ubuntu which has command-line interface? So, for example, I can make calls without using any GUI, just sending commands to the application.
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Lync (formerly Office Communicator) with pidgin-sipe => Read Error

I always could connect to my companys Microsoft Lync network which is based on SIP. There is an addon for Pidgin called pidgin-sipe. Everything worked fine unless the company changed something weird. Now I always get a Read Error when I want to…
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Looking for a Commercial Grade SIP Softphone

I use a commercial Asterisk-based SIP provider for my business. I'm going through the process of acquiring hearing aids, and it may be smartest for me to stream telephone audio from my provider directly to my aids via bluetooth and a softphone (I…
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Jitsi won't start under ubuntu

I installed jitsi, both from the official repos and a direct download from the webpage. When I try to run it I get the error message: SIP Communicator is already running and will handle your parameters (if any) Launch with the --multiple param to…
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Twinkle not opening after installation

I am running Xubuntu 14.04 and I installed Twinkle from the Software Center. When I try to open Twinkle from the whisker menu nothing happens, no window appears at all. When I try opening from terminal by typing "twinkle" I get the message…
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How do I receive incoming Google Voice calls using Empathy?

I have a google voice number so I can receive phone calls dialed to an actual phone number when I'm logged into gmail (via the gtalk widget sidebar). I see I can use Empathy to make voice calls with other gtalk users. Is it possible that I can…
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how to repopulate /etc/asterisk/ after purging asterisk?

How do I repopulate or rebuild /etc/asterisk after purging asterisk and manually removing the directory? thufir@mordor:~$ thufir@mordor:~$ sudo apt-get purge asterisk asterisk-mp3 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree …
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SIP Phones unreliable past 12.04 - Empathy additional features?

I am currently running Empathy SIP, which works "ok" but it's definitely not up to the same standard that QuteCom is on Windows. QuteCom on Ubuntu is unstable, but yet still in the stable repository. I've tried others with absolutely no stable…
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How to configure UFW Ubuntu server for Kamailio SIP Server?

I need to configure UFW or iptables to secure Kamailio on my ubuntu server. I followed this kamailio-security but I don't know how to configure it. *filter :INPUT DROP [0:0] :FORWARD DROP [0:0] :OUTPUT DROP [0:0] :CHECK_TCP - [0:0] :ICMP -…
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Linphone: could not start tls transport on port 5060, maybe this port is already used?

update: Probably this is because of NAT, although that might an Ekiga specific problem. I've tried multiple clients on this machine, cannot get any SIP clients to work for me. On the same network, an Android tablet can call an IP phone, no problem,…
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Call transfer/forward with Ekiga/Jitsi?

Im trying to configure my Lucid 10.04.03 in order to work with Sip phones; Actually, Ekiga and Jitsi* works fine, except for the call transfer/forward, that is very important for me. With Ekiga, i press first H to hole, then T to transfer, then the…
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Scopia/Codian videoconference solution for Ubuntu?

I have Ubuntu at work and want to participate in visioconference/videoconferences with the service provided by RENATER. This service is compatible with Scopia and Codian which are not ported to Ubuntu. I tried the Ubuntu alternative software Ekiga…
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How do I install sipclients or sip simple?

How do I install sipclients? SIP SIMPLE Client SDK Copyright (c) 2008-2016 AG Projects http://ag-projects.com Description SIP SIMPLE client SDK is a Software Development Kit for easy development of SIP end-points that support rich media like…
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Have either Empathy or Ekiga SIP clients use IPv6 instead of messing with NAT?

How can I get either Empathy or Ekiga to work over IPv6 so I can avoid all the complexity of dealing with NAT?
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