Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread The Cadillac Kid via Astlinux-users
I havent tried wireguard..  the GL boards look neat..  I have seen them before..   typically we chose the MT because of the POE and many of our customers want us to connect remote workers to their existing site firewalls..  (often cisco ASA)..  so its easy to set up IPSEC , or L2TP clients (for

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread David Kerr
I think the attraction of MikroTik is that it supports PoE, so you can plug in a hard phone with just a ethernet cable and no extra power supply required. I wish there was a x86 architecture board that delivered PoE out on the ethernet ports (looks like MikroTik is not x86). It would be a great p

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread Lonnie Abelbeck
Hey Christopher, Have you tried the GL-iNet GL-MT300N-V2 (mango) Wireless Router/VPN, $20.49 USD. https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt300n-v2/ It supports WireGuard. An alternative to the MikroTik. Lonnie > On Jun 9, 2020, at 7:01 AM, The Cadillac Kid via Astlinux-users > wrote: > > wh

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread The Cadillac Kid via Astlinux-users
what features are customers wanting that having a smart app is important? Lync style integration? VPN has been my method for securing remote clients for awhile..  many of them are logging into the their site anyway to work remotely, so we integrate to their networks so the phone will just work.

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread Michael Knill
Yes it uses push notifications as well. Has anyone used or heard of these guys: https://sessiontalk.co.uk/sip-voip-tunnel/ Looks interesting. Regards Michael Knill On 9/6/20, 8:05 pm, "Michael Keuter" wrote: > Am 09.06.2020 um 12:00 schrieb Michael Knill : > > Hi Michael >

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread David Kerr
I use Acrobits softphone on my iPhone which works well for me (though I do not use it very much). https://apps.apple.com/us/app/acrobits-softphone/id314192799 and they will do a white-label for you to brand yourself. And in the past I have used Zoiper on desktop, though I have not tried it in a lo

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread Michael Keuter
> Am 09.06.2020 um 12:00 schrieb Michael Knill > : > > Hi Michael > > Yes I have used Bria with Wireguard on iPhone and it works great while its in > the foreground. > Push notifications are the only option to wake up the application from the > background which don't work if you are using VP

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread Michael Knill
Hi Michael Yes I have used Bria with Wireguard on iPhone and it works great while its in the foreground. Push notifications are the only option to wake up the application from the background which don't work if you are using VPN. Regards Michael Knill On 9/6/20, 7:08 pm, "Michael Keuter" wro

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread Michael Keuter
> Am 09.06.2020 um 10:04 schrieb Michael Knill > : > > Hi Group > > Well although we are coping fine during COVID-19 and haven’t really lost any > business yet, its now only a matter of time that we will. > I'm getting increased pressure from clients that they need simple remote > working s

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread Michael Knill
Hi Tom Thanks for your response. For a desktop softphone, I don't think VPN is a deal breaker, especially using Wireguard which starts up very quickly. Its more along the lines of a smartphone softphone application that is the most difficult to implement. Push notifications are compulsory which

Re: [Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread Tom Chadwin
> 3CX has a nice remote client and it looks like I'm going to lose at least one > customer to this product. Its easy to set up and appears to do it more > securely via a tunnelling protocol. Bria is great but I just don't know how to secure it other than using a VPN. Is VPN a deal-breaker? Aren'

[Astlinux-users] Losing business because no soft phone apps

2020-06-09 Thread Michael Knill
Hi Group Well although we are coping fine during COVID-19 and haven’t really lost any business yet, its now only a matter of time that we will. I'm getting increased pressure from clients that they need simple remote working solutions for both desktop and smartphone as they are suspecting the n