How about trying empathy client for linux which is open source or google talk. In terms of empathy client its a multiple im client for different protocols and also has sip capabilities. It also has other features.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Stuart Gathman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/25/2011 10:16 AM, Georg Umgiesser wrote: > > I am trying to find out the suitability of Ekiga for my needs. I work > > in a research institution of about 200 researchers scattered in Italy > > between 7 different locations. Meetings to be held are costly, because > > these locations are up to 700 km apart. > > > > It would be nice to have a possibility to set up a video conferencing > > tool between our institutes. However, it must be possible to connect > > more than two partners. Is this possible in Ekiga? How does it work? > > In the video, how can I switch between the various partners? > It's not the application, it's the protocol. > > I don't think Ekiga supports this. However, other VOIP video clients > probably do. Also, this could be done by a server. Those clients and > services are probably not free as in beer. However, by sticking with > the open and documented VOIP protocol, you leave your options open for > the future. Check out Mac VOIP offerings. > > Another piece of advice for your scenario: set up a VPN between your 7 > locations. This greatly simplifies VOIP configuration, since you avoid > NAT issues, and your conversations are automatically kept private as a > bonus. (IP6 also avoids NAT issues, but not all clients support it.) > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list > -- Nikolai Gauntlet Cassanova University At Albany, State University of New York Bachelors of Science in Biology Email: [email protected] Phone: 347-948-4317
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