[plug] [OTish] IP Phones general info?

[Chris Caston]

On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 20:26, Phillip wrote:
> Yeah imagine typing an IPv6 address into a VoIP phone!

While we're at it: imagine using Morse code to enter them!
> 
> Phillip.
> 
> On 5/18/05, Matt Kemner <zombie at penguincare.com.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 May 2005, quoth Steve Baker:
> > 
> > > I was thinking about the wonders of VOIP, about which I know little to
> > > nothing.  I was wondering if I could just plug in IP phones in each
> > > office, assign an IP address to the phone, tell it to call a phone at a
> > > particular IP address elswhere on the WAN and it would Just Work ?
> > >
> > > Do IP phones in fact actually work this way?
> > 
> > Yes, most IP phones support "IP dialing" - but typing IP addresses into
> > the phone's keypad is ugly :)
> > 
> > You can create speed dials, but the best option would be to install
> > an IP PABX such as Asterisk (on Linux - back on topic ;) which the
> > phones register to and allows you to set up a "dial plan" - each phone
> > gets a number (eg Perth gets 101, 102, 103 etc, Freo gets 201, 202, 203
> > etc) which you can dial directly.
> > 
> > The added benefit with Asterisk is that it can do that, and so much more.
> > 
> > It's a shame you missed my seminars on this topic (both at SLPWA and at
> > the Innovation festival)
> > 
> >  - Matt
> > 
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