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Hi all our LAN is also our VOIP network. My PC has one IP address, my phone (grandstream) another. Can I connect the two in software somehow so my PC Skpe can drive/use the phone. That way I can avoid the need for a separate headset for the PC I have total access to router and PC. regards

Hi All, while I can easily access my PSTN from the phone's keyboard, dialing #0 folowed by phone number, after storing, say, #0123456789 in a phone memory, I can use that memory to dial exactly the same number ... Any sugestions, please? Jose

Nooooo.. Not that you nasty minded people :/ ... Does anyone have a "Technical" comparision.. of the Gigaset S675 vs C475 IP (or even some of the other 4xx variants).. I want to know if there was a jump in technology (processing power, memory, processing speed) from the 675-475 ranges.. Or if the main difference is just in the firmware.

I just bought C475IP ansaphone, getting some help to setup. a. How to set the system to recognise the incoming second call, how to keep the first call on hold to answer the second call. b. Is it possible to transfer the first call(on hold) to another VOIP line and if it is how? c. Are there any message/light/voice indication when there is a message in answering machine, without actually checking...

Hello, Voip is a great thing for copious long distance uses Your regular old fashioned, PSTN wireline telephone is a good thing if you line 9111, pizza delivery, and a taxi to come to your home, as it proves you exist at the nd of th wire. Therefore many folks have a combinatin of voip and pstn service to their house. It;s just a prudent and sensible idea! But how do you avoid have a handset...

Hello, I have PAP2T connected to Asmax ar8002c router. Recently I have noticed a strange log - "Sip port limi exeeded". This message is logged by Asmax every time the PAP2T registration time expired. I tried to change some PAP2T settings but it only made this matter worse. The router start hanging after few houres. Now I have the previous settings and the strange message in log.

My ISP provides statistics for my line and IP addresses (I have 8 "real" addresses) as I have my SIP box on a dedicated IP I can see the usage. It does however appear to be asymetric with the "download" being very much less than the "upload" 2 or 3 to 1. Is this normal or does SWMBO talk more than she listens? :-) -- Regards Dave Saville NB Remove nospam. for good email address

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Let's say I want to set up my own dialin server. I don't have a spare PSTN phone connection. Getting a geographic incoming number is usually straightforward (Sipgate et al are free). What are the issues with trying to do this with VOIP? I suppose the problem is I don't actually want V near any IP. Is there any protocol to having the PSTN-VOIP gateway act as a modem, rather than a voice...

The current site seems to be occupied by the Jeff Pulver Circus, and although a link is there, it seems to bring up a cached version of the fwd home page with busted links to their services. I know there hasn't been much happening with fwd lately, but it would be a shame if the service were to sink without trace. Anyone have an idea?

All my voipraider.com calls are being charged whilst voipcheap.com calls are not. I think this maybe because I have a dynamic IP address. How do I get round this can I use Voxalot or something, how long will I need the same IP address for, for the calls to be free ?

Hi All, I have an SPA3102, and latelly I've noticed that often incoming PSTN calls drop when I try to pick up the call :-( This is something I had not experienced when I first installed the SPA. Lately I've been playing with the PSTN to Voip conection settings, so that I can call my SPA from my mobile, and place calls through Voip. I'm not sure, but I suspect it was after this playing around...

Hello, Where can I get a list of PC-to-phone service where I can get the US phone number with Caller ID (like Yahoo messenger) ? Best regards,

Hi all. I am off to the States for a while shortly and want to keep in touch with family in the UK. I have a sipgate account so want to get a mobile phone type thing that works on WiFi that I can take with me - set it up with my sipgate account and carry it with me. Now, does any one have experience of any of the mobile phone type models (I have looked at this one:...

Advice please. I'm a VOIP rookie. ============================== Someone has asked me to contact them and has given me a choice of: (a) Calling an 07017 number. (b) Calling a Skype phone. 07017 calls are 35p a minute from my Virgin Media landline.

Well, at one time texts were free with voipstunt.com as long as you had free days, but for a very long time I've had to pay for each, because the apparently secret limit of how many free ones you can send has been excluded. But at least it was cheap. On 4th March, each text cost 0.01 euro to send Then from 5th March the price doubled to 0.02 euro. One the 27th March it went up to 0.03 euro.

Is there a VOIP phone service that can be used via a mobile phone? Thanks, JD

I recently purchased a linksys pap2 voip adapter from ebay. The adapter worked fine for a day but now there seems to be a problem. The power light flashes red and the two line lights flash blue. I cannot access the adapter through the http panel and there is no dial tone through the phone line. Any ideas please?

I am receiving emails with .wav attachments that have been created on a VoIP telephone system. I know the telephone number (it's include in the text of the email) and if called it always goes to the voicemail. Why I receive the voice/emails can only be resumed as an error, done by whoever set