I see, googling shows some interesting devices. So the ATA's I am seeing have a web interface and that becomes the client. So my ekiga.net sip account can just be set up in the ATA device. Ekiga would simply be a software phone only, great for laptops. Yeah I get it now.
Thanks for your help Jure. Nate. On 2/22/07, Jure Petrovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Are their adapters that can allow me to plug this old fashioned phone > > into the computer and use that directly. How would you make that work > > with Ekiga. I have no interest in those VOIP companies like Vonage. > > I prefer not to be locked into a vendor hence Ekiga. So I look on the > > Internet and see lots of company's that I don't know anything about. > > They all have these little SIP routers but I am not sure if they work > > with Ekiga as they all talk about resellers and VOIP providers. I > > never see anything about end users. Also would the telephone's keypad > > work or would I have to use the mouse to punch them in to Ekiga like I > > do now. > > If you would like to use analog telephone on an VoIP network, you > need ATA (analog telephone adapter - ask google). But since this is a > SIP client itself, you don't need ekiga anymore. > > For example, I have IP telephones at home/company and ekiga on my > laptop. Ekiga allows me to register to my VoIP provider and make calls > from wherever as long as I am connected to internet. Because I > always login with the same provider, the calees always see the same > caller ID. > > Hope this helps a bit, > Jure > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list > _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
