I have been using, for the last 6 month, the most simple VoIP client application that I have ever been using, it is called IHU!
IHU is a Voice over IP (VoIP) application for Linux (using Qt3), that creates an audio stream between two computers easily and with the minimal traffic on the network. The possibilities of use of IHU are endless, for example you can use it like a phone to talk with your friends all around the world, or at home/work, to talk between computers in the LAN (talkback), etc. | Ekiga can be used to communicate with IP only over LAN | For instance: sip:[email protected] | Currently, it is not possible, yet, to speak with Ekiga with | IP only over WAN (over the Internet) Peer-to-Peer: the communication takes place directly between the computers (UDP and TCP both supported), without need of session protocols (such as SIP or H323) or other servers in the middle. Crypted stream: you have also the possibility to Encrypt/Decrypt the stream using a fast hybrid cryptographic system (RSA + Blowfish) Command-line support: the GUI is not strictly necessary, you can run also a textual IHU from command-line (for example if you need to run the program on remote computers). Can anybody write a Plugin or add to Ekiga a feature to communicate in the same way that IHU does? If you want to test it, there is a standalone package that can be run directly from a USB stick (no installation is required!) http://ihu.sourceforge.net/download.html ihu-0.6.0-bin_staticQt.tar.bz2 0.6.0 i386 binary linked with static libs 2550 KB Just enter the IP address of your friend and start to chat! The quality is better than Skype, since IHU is using Speex :-) [An emergency call!] This feature will be very beneficial in cases when one of the intermediate SIP servers is down ^_^ _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
