What Soft Phones Are You Using?
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I have used several softphones over the years but recently have discovered Linphone and am really thrilled with it. So far I have found it to be rock solid and I really like that it is available on nearly every platform. I am currently using in on Windows 8.1 and iOS 7 but it is open source and I know that it is available on Linux, Mac OSX, Android and Blackberry. Very versatile.
It has a plugin system and does video calls as well. Wide support for codecs.
In the past I used Zoiper and X-Lite predominantly but am happy with the switch.
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@scottalanmiller
Honestly I miss the old 3CXPhone that worked with non-3CX systems. Aside from that, Zoiper works pretty well too. I really need to test Linphone when I have time. -
Zoiper.
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The 3CX client was pretty nice. With a 3CX PBX it is really slick with the integrated VPN feature but as just a SIP client it wasn't that big of a deal, IMHO.
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I have only ever used Zoiper, but it started onflicting with my deskphone and tried starting on it's own a lot and like to register itself shortly after I unregistered my extension on it, so I stick to exclusively a deskphone now.
Not to mention the killer latency issues I had with it, but that can probably be attributed to my network. So, to summarize, Zoiper, but it and I are not currently talking to each other.
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@FiyaFly said:
I have only ever used Zoiper, but it started onflicting with my deskphone and tried starting on it's own a lot and like to register itself shortly after I unregistered my extension on it, so I stick to exclusively a deskphone now.
Not to mention the killer latency issues I had with it, but that can probably be attributed to my network. So, to summarize, Zoiper, but it and I are not currently talking to each other.
The conflict would be simply from having two competing SIP devices trying to each be the same extension. Can't really do that - the PBX doesn't know what to do as each one steals the other's registration. You need to make them two different numbers. If you want them to ring together, make them a ring group.
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@scottalanmiller Yes that part I understood. It was just that I was using one or the other and Zoiper liked to register itself after I disabled it, which threw everything off.
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@FiyaFly said:
@scottalanmiller Yes that part I understood. It was just that I was using one or the other and Zoiper liked to register itself after I disabled it, which threw everything off.
Oh that's not good. Definitely give Linphone a try. Much nicer than Zoiper.
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@scottalanmiller I just may.do that, but I am concerned on the latency. Maybe once I jump onto multiple extensions I might pursue a softphone again.
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Everyone talks about the softphone and deskphone issues when the same extension is registered both places. Honestly, I've never had that issue. FWIW
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@ajstringham said:
Everyone talks about the softphone and deskphone issues when the same extension is registered both places. Honestly, I've never had that issue. FWIW
It doesn't bite you all of the time. But the reliability is low.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
Everyone talks about the softphone and deskphone issues when the same extension is registered both places. Honestly, I've never had that issue. FWIW
It doesn't bite you all of the time. But the reliability is low.
shrugs Then I'm just lucky I guess...lol
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I officially love Linphone. thanks scott!!!
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@Hubtech said:
I officially love Linphone. thanks scott!!!
I was pretty thrilled to find it a few weeks ago. I used it on Linux long ago but had overlooked it since then.
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Thanks for sharing this, will use this as a backup to my google voice account.
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We use the standard Cisco softphone. In the past I've used X-Lite because it was light and fast.
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Going to download and setup Linphone now.
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So are there any free VOIP services out there that you can configure on Linphone to make actual calls to phone numbers or do you have to use a VOIP provider to do so? It seems as though you can only make calls to another SIP address.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
So are there any free VOIP services out there that you can configure on Linphone to make actual calls to phone numbers or do you have to use a VOIP provider to do so? It seems as though you can only make calls to another SIP address.
I saw a tutorial once on how to connect Google Voice to Elastix. Meant to try it out but haven't as of yet. It's on my short list of things to try soon.
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Last I saw it was near impossible to do anything like that at the moment.
