June 2005
Intermediate to advanced
502 pages
21h 48m
English
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LIPZ4
Zultys, a provider of embedded VoIP gateway devices, makes LIPZ4, a graphical SIP
softphone for Linux and X11. The phone can be downloaded from http://www.
zultys.com/LIPZ4.htm.
Firefly (SIP and IAX)
Virbiage produces a softphone that supports SIP and IAX signaling. This makes it a
good choice for Asterisk-based networks or for using services like IAXTel, which
support the IAX protocol (http://www.virbiage.com/firefly/faq.php).
IAXComm
IAXComm is an open source softphone for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It sup-
ports IAX only (http://iaxclient.sourceforge.net/iaxcomm/).
NetMeeting
Microsoft’s NetMeeting softphone has been shipping with Windows since 98. It’s a
multipurpose H.323 client, offering voice, video, text chat, and white-boarding
applications. It has a built-in directory services client that can make use of an H.323
gatekeeper or an ILS (Internet location service) server. NetMeeting is a worthwhile
tool for any H.323 administrator (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/).
MSN Messenger
A potential replacement for NetMeeting, Microsoft’s MSN Messenger uses SIP to sig-
nal telephony and messaging applications that are tied to the proprietary MSN net-
work service. Unlike NetMeeting, MSN Messenger supports the Macintosh, too ...
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