[geeks] VoIP Howto?

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

There is lots of software to do this, and some Internet VoIP to Telco
services.

The hard part is getting digital voice into a POTS line. I use a router with
voice cards installed. You can also use a Quicknet Internet Line Jack to get
into the PSTN via POTS (Public Switched Telephone Network). I don't know
what software will work with the Quicknet products, but they are expensive
at $150.00 per port. My router was actually cheaper than the Quicknet
solution. Quicknet also makes the Internet Phone Jack to attach a plain
phone to your PC.

You can also check out asterisk.org for a linux based PBX with cool
features.

James Fogg, Network Engineer
Vicinity Corporation - New Hampshire
(603) 442-1751

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: Michael Dombrowski [mailto:legodude at hammycorp.com]
~ Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:18 PM
~ To: geeks at sunhelp.org
~ Subject: [geeks] VoIP Howto?
~ 
~ 
~ Anybody have any pointers to what hardware/software is required for a 
~ simple VoIP setup? Ideally, I'd like to dedicate a PC to the task. It 
~ would connect to both my telephone lines. At my PC, if I dial like 
~ 9+number, it would automatically select a free phone line and dial 
~ the number or give an error beep. If I dial another number, it would 
~ just go out over the internet and connect to the dialed IP address. 
~ When an incoming call comes in on POTS I'd like the computer to ring. 
~ And if I'm away, I could tunnel home via something like SSH and make 
~ phone calls from my house without having to pay expensive long 
~ distance fees. Thanks in advance for any pointers.
~ 
~ Mike
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