VoIP Phones - Linphone

Linphone 5.2.3 example on iPhone

Linphone is a software phone from linphone.org for Linux, OS X, Windows and also mobile platforms (iPhone, Android and Blackberry)

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  1. Open App
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  2. Click on Hamburger Menu
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  3. Click 'Assistant' then click 'Use SIP Account'
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  4. Enter your number (+44..) your SIP password and the domain then click login.
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  5. Click Hamburger Menu again then click on 'Settings'
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  6. Then click on your number...
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  7. Then enter your number in 'User ID' and enter SIP password again then clcik the back arrow.
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  8. You should see 'connected' green dot at the top, now you should be able to make and receive calls

Notes

• Please feel free to inform us of any bugs or glitches you may encounter

iPhone

• Note: Some iPhone customers have reported problems with Linphone not able to receive calls if the iPhone is locked or if Linphone is not running in the foreground. This may may it unusable.

Click to call

There was a discussion about using a web based CRM system and clickable telephone numbers, (e.g. using tel://03333400999) and making it work with linphone, as at the time it was not working for the end user.

On Windows, it was suggested that if you like importing random .reg files from the interwebs, there's https://gist.github.com/mekegi/7951345

Firewall & Security

• You will also want to set up firewall rules, as per the VoIP Firewall page.
• Also see the VoIP Security page for information about securing your VoIP service.
• Warning: VoIP passwords are stored as plain text in the config file (~/.linphonerc on Linux)