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as days pass by, by Stuart Langridge

. Here I write about many things. In the past I wrote about other things but the past is past. I write code for people to play with, I write about my life on Twitter, and I write here.

On I wrote Using Ekiga with SipGate UK, on the subject of Howtos and Linux.

A while back I provided instructions on setting up LinPhone to use SipGate UK for Voice Over IP. Now, Ubuntu 6.04 Dapper is out, and comes with the all-new Ekiga softphone! Here's how to set it up to use SipGate.
  1. Sign up for a SipGate account.
  2. Once you’ve got one, sign into the SipGate website and click "My Account".
  3. Under “Connection Information”, it will list your SIP-ID (a 7-digit number) and password, which you need for the next steps.
  4. Start Ekiga, and go through the configuration wizard. Don't sign up for an ekiga.net account.
  5. Say Edit > Accounts, and then Add.
  6. In Account Name, enter Sipgate.
  7. Leave Protocol as SIP.
  8. In Registrar, put sipgate.co.uk.
  9. In User and Password, put your SIP-ID and password from step 3 above and say OK.
That's it. No port-forwarding required, no complex setup. Well done the Ekiga people! To test your new setup, call sip:613@fwd.pulver.com, which is an echo test.
Confused of Birmingham

Is Dapper out - I thought they put it back ? The Ubuntu websire still says 5.10

Confused of Birmingham

sil

Oh, yeah, sorry, I'm running a Dapper pre-release. Read that as "when Dapper comes out". :)

Confused of Birmingham

Oh, I see. Unlike you to run beta though !

Matt

Ta for that - we are looking at going over to Viop at work and since our desktops are ubuntu its usefull to know that we can use Sipgate. This may mean we don't use Vonage.

Steve Hemingway

This works! Ekiga asks for an 'authentication user' too. I don't know what this is, but I left it blank and it seems to work OK.

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