IAX2-based softphone?
 

Hi,

I realize there are built-in applications that allow VoIP (Gizmo, Skype and native messaging, etc...). I am looking for a particular protocol to be supported. I am using Skype and Gizmo right now but I would prefer to connect to my personal system for VoIP calls.

Does anyone know of a softphone that supports IAX2 on the n8x0 devices? Two applications I've found for linux and iaxcomm and zoiper. I guess it would be possible to port these to the maemo platform - but I'm not a programmer :(

Re: IAX2-based softphone?
 

Sorry, no IAX based clients out there for the N800/N810. I'll take a guess that you want to use it with an Asterisk server ? If so, SIP is built into OS2008 and works great with Asterisk. Even supports h.263/h2.63+ video on the call.

Re: IAX2-based softphone?
 

Yepp,
I want to connect to my Asterisk server as I can control calling unlike Skype/Gizmo. Yes, I know the included apps connect with SIP (I've done that already). I find that NAT connections are big pain in the *ss with SIP. IAX2 handles this without issues *every* time I've done it (from around the world). I've had one-way audio issues with many NATs when using SIP - but never with IAX2. The last thing I want to do is debug an audio connection when away from home (with only the n810 on hand). I assume that someone can port the iaxlib code to maemo? I guess there' just not enough request/demand for such a thing :)

Re: IAX2-based softphone?
 

It would be quite an effort to port to the N800/810. I just downloaded kiax (a IAX softphone) on my linux laptop, to look at the dependencie. There are about 20 libraries that it uses. And those libraries may have dependencies as well.

But I understand the issues with NAT and SIP (which is why STUN was invented, but it really only helps with clients behind NAT, not the other way around).

Craig...