The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video
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@dashrender said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
Also, your home PBX will work from overseas. Something a lot of cell services will not do, or will not do for free.
Internet access is still the issue over there.
Sure if you have T-mobile (i.e. it works in your home area) you have fewer issues.
One would assume that any apartment that you get will have internet access.
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@jmoore said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
Also, your home PBX will work from overseas. Something a lot of cell services will not do, or will not do for free.
oh did not think of that. just need stable connection and bring your phone with you ?
Yup, I use Linphone on both my cell phone and my laptop, so don't need any hardware. Unless I'm setting up an office, then I'll get a desk phone, but that's rare. Works great.
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@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@jmoore said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
Also, your home PBX will work from overseas. Something a lot of cell services will not do, or will not do for free.
oh did not think of that. just need stable connection and bring your phone with you ?
Yup, I use Linphone on both my cell phone and my laptop, so don't need any hardware. Unless I'm setting up an office, then I'll get a desk phone, but that's rare. Works great.
thanks i will check that out
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@jmoore said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@jmoore said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
Also, your home PBX will work from overseas. Something a lot of cell services will not do, or will not do for free.
oh did not think of that. just need stable connection and bring your phone with you ?
Yup, I use Linphone on both my cell phone and my laptop, so don't need any hardware. Unless I'm setting up an office, then I'll get a desk phone, but that's rare. Works great.
thanks i will check that out
A lot of people don't like Linphone, but I've had good luck with it.
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@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@jmoore said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@jmoore said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
Also, your home PBX will work from overseas. Something a lot of cell services will not do, or will not do for free.
oh did not think of that. just need stable connection and bring your phone with you ?
Yup, I use Linphone on both my cell phone and my laptop, so don't need any hardware. Unless I'm setting up an office, then I'll get a desk phone, but that's rare. Works great.
thanks i will check that out
A lot of people don't like Linphone, but I've had good luck with it.
I prefer ZoIPer over Linphone on iOS devices. I do not use a softphone on laptop/desktop so I have no preference there.
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When I installed Zoiper i got alot of random SIP Registration attempts from my IP to my PBX. It stopped when I uninstalled it, so I haven't touched it since.
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@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
When I installed Zoiper i got alot of random SIP Registration attempts from my IP to my PBX. It stopped when I uninstalled it, so I haven't touched it since.
That's not surprising, your cell phone can change IPs as you move around your city, join random WIFI, etc.
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@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
When I installed Zoiper i got alot of random SIP Registration attempts from my IP to my PBX. It stopped when I uninstalled it, so I haven't touched it since.
If they are from your IP, what's wrong with that?
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@dashrender said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
When I installed Zoiper i got alot of random SIP Registration attempts from my IP to my PBX. It stopped when I uninstalled it, so I haven't touched it since.
That's not surprising, your cell phone can change IPs as you move around your city, join random WIFI, etc.
All from my IP. It was from the desktop app, trying to register random extension against my PBX.
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@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
When I installed Zoiper i got alot of random SIP Registration attempts from my IP to my PBX. It stopped when I uninstalled it, so I haven't touched it since.
If they are from your IP, what's wrong with that?
It didn't seem right having a bunch of registration attempts for extensions that didn't exist on my pbx to come from my ip.
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@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
When I installed Zoiper i got alot of random SIP Registration attempts from my IP to my PBX. It stopped when I uninstalled it, so I haven't touched it since.
If they are from your IP, what's wrong with that?
It didn't seem right having a bunch of registration attempts for extensions that didn't exist on my pbx to come from my ip.
OK, that's weird. You sure your PC wasn't hacked?
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@dashrender I unistalled zoiper and it stopped
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@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
When I installed Zoiper i got alot of random SIP Registration attempts from my IP to my PBX. It stopped when I uninstalled it, so I haven't touched it since.
If they are from your IP, what's wrong with that?
It didn't seem right having a bunch of registration attempts for extensions that didn't exist on my pbx to come from my ip.
For random extensions?
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@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@dashrender I unistalled zoiper and it stopped
I agree it's likely they are related, but the hack could have been just using zoiper to do their bidding, once it was removed, it wouldn't try again.
Also, it appears that software like Zoiper are the targets of hackers these days.. compromise their servers and deploy infected versions (see CCleaner). I wonder if this happened to Zoiper?
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@dashrender said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@brianlittlejohn said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
@dashrender I unistalled zoiper and it stopped
I agree it's likely they are related, but the hack could have been just using zoiper to do their bidding, once it was removed, it wouldn't try again.
Also, it appears that software like Zoiper are the targets of hackers these days.. compromise their servers and deploy infected versions (see CCleaner). I wonder if this happened to Zoiper?
Another reason that I like Linphone... open source and normally maintained by my distro.
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Just realized today when routing a ticket that our VOIP is pbx based? No idea what any of this means, but excited to learn
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@biglittle said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:
Just realized today when routing a ticket that our VOIP is pbx based? No idea what any of this means, but excited to learn
Essentially all business VoIP uses a PBX. There can be exceptions, but it’s mostly theoretical.
