Hey Christopher, Have you tried the GL-iNet GL-MT300N-V2 (mango) Wireless Router/VPN, $20.49 USD.
https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt300n-v2/ It supports WireGuard. An alternative to the MikroTik. Lonnie > On Jun 9, 2020, at 7:01 AM, The Cadillac Kid via Astlinux-users > <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > what features are customers wanting that having a smart app is important? > Lync style integration? VPN has been my method for securing remote clients > for awhile.. many of them are logging into the their site anyway to work > remotely, so we integrate to their networks so the phone will just work. > > > most of my customers are wanting simple to use.. and they use other software > suites like google or sharepoint for their collaborations.. (then again > hotels are known to be simplistic and back a few years).. > > we have more requests for remote Hard-phones recently than I wouldve ever > imagined.. > when they want a hardphone we send them a MikroTik POE router which they plug > into their home internet and creates a site-to-site tunnel on power-up > > -Christopher > > > > On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 4:55:32 AM EDT, Michael Knill > <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote: > > > Hi Tom > > Thanks for your response. For a desktop softphone, I don't think VPN is a > deal breaker, especially using Wireguard which starts up very quickly. > Its more along the lines of a smartphone softphone application that is the > most difficult to implement. Push notifications are compulsory which wipes > out the option of using VPN. > > Regards > Michael Knill > > On 9/6/20, 6:30 pm, "Tom Chadwin" <tom.chad...@nnpa.org.uk> wrote: > > > 3CX has a nice remote client and it looks like I'm going to lose at > least one customer to this product. Its easy to set up and appears to do it > more securely via a tunnelling protocol. > Bria is great but I just don't know how to secure it other than using a > VPN. > > Is VPN a deal-breaker? Aren't your clients using VPN for other purposes > anyway? > > Michael Keuter set us up perfectly. We specified zero software/licensing > costs, and I asked for PhonerLite. We've all been working with it since > lockdown. However, we had an existing non-Astlinux VPN network long-since > established. No reason it could not have been VPNs to Astlinux if we'd had no > other solution. > > Thanks > > Tom > > > Tom Chadwin, ICT Manager > Telephone: 01434 611530 Mob: > Web: > www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk<http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/> > > IMPORTANT NOTICE - Disclaimer - This communication is from Northumberland > National Park Authority (NNPA).The Authority’s head office and principal > place of business is Eastburn, South Park, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1BS, > United Kingdom. If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any > form of disclosure, distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it or in any attachments is strictly prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please delete the > email and destroy any copies of it. Any views or opinions presented are > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of > NNPA.Contractors or potential contractors are reminded that a formal Order or > Contract is needed for NNPA to be bound by any offer or acceptance of terms > for the supply of goods or services Although this email and any attachments > are believed to be free of any virus or other defects which might affect any > computer or IT system into which they are received, no responsibility is > accepted by the NNPA for any loss or damage arising in any way from the > receipt or use thereof. Computer systems of this Authority may be monitored > and communications carried out on them recorded, to secure the effective > operation of the system and for other lawful purpose. > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
