The OP asked, if I recall, about the protocol which is likely to be supported rather universally by softphones and a wide variety of clients.
That is not a feature of IAX. Tilghman Lesher wrote: > On Friday 12 September 2008 18:31:23 Alex Balashov wrote: >> The short answer is SIP. >> >> Stefan Gofferje wrote: >>> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-IAX >>> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-IAX+versus+SIP >>> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+IAX+clients > > The longer and more accurate answer is that it depends on what you're doing > and what your goals are. If you need to be able to pierce firewalls and > handle NAT easily, especially in areas where a government-controlled telephone > monopoly might be hostile to VoIP, then IAX2 is for you. > > If, on the other hand, interoperability and choice of phones are what you > need, then SIP is pretty much a no-brainer. > > Of course, nothing prevents you from using SIP for phones and IAX2 for > backbone, either. Notably missing to this discussion are the MGCP and H.323 > protocols, which probably aren't much use to you, unless you need to connect > to certain VoIP providers who haven't yet upgraded their equipment to the 21st > century. > -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users