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    Fri, 24 Jun 2005

    Xten X-Lite

    Xten make SIP Softphones. X-Pro was their commercial product, and X-Lite was their free version (without conferencing, forwarding etc). X-Pro seems to be still available from resellers. Xten's new product is now eyeBeam Voice, Video & IM Softphone which seems to be available free as a walled-garden ineen.

    Of all these, only X-Lite is available for Linux. I downloaded "X-Lite v2.0 Build 1105d for Linux" X-Lite_Install.tar.gz. Inside is just "xtensoftphone" and "README". You may need to be careful that you have all the libraries that xtensoftphone requires - no dependency checking like installing rpm's.

    Running "./xtensoftphone" checks network connection, runs audio wizard, and then takes you to Menu / System Settings / Sip Proxy / Default to enter your details. See X-PRO Quick Start Guide. Full details of what to enter are in the X-PRO User's Guide section "3.2.2 Logging in to Your Provider" on page 8 - "Authorization User" and "Out Bound Proxy" may not be needed.

    I'm using a free SIP account from SIPphone.

    main screen proxy settings

    Next task is the Phonebook. Either enter it using the menu, or load from a CSV file

    Proxy ID,Name,SIP URL,Phone Type,Speed Dial
0,"Sipphone Audio test number","1-747-474-3246",0,""
0,"Sipphone Hear your number repeated back to you","**",0,""
0,"Sipphone Welcome message","1-747-474-5000",0,""
0,"Sipphone Diagnose router","*0",0,""
0,"Sipphone 1-800-555-TELL","411",0,""
0,"Sipphone Free Home Tel","05161398491150",1,""
0,"Sipphone Free Home Fax","05161398491151",1,""

    Anyway, it all works. I was able to make free 1-minute calls to landlines in Australia.

    NAT STUN traversal http://ip.xten.net/

    [ /voip | # ]