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robred_2

hi everyone

i have a working sipgate account with a normal uk phone attached to my linksys router
however now this is working i need to complicate things just to make life more interesting :-)

i want to be able to connect using my wireless laptop

i have downloaded the recommended x-tapi lite softphone and configured it but would like to use the us robotics usb phone i have

when i connect the phone it says "please run skype first" YUK !!

does anyone (bextech :-) ) know if this is possible ?

i could spend hours trying to work it our but i am sure someons else has tried it before

any help will be gratefully recieved

thanks everyone

bye for now

Rob

robolint

Ive set mine up and all working great! Just wanna buy a cool USB phone now to finish it all off

Awesome Freebie

MercilessKiller

mehta66 wrote:

I'm just about to download and install Sipgate, having read a lot of the reviews about it on this board.

Just before I do .... do I need any special equipement? Eg, on its website it talks about an adaptor and a soft phone. I'm currently on broadband.

Any pointers would be much appreicated.

Thanks

Requirements:

Internet
Microphone
Speakers

THATS IT hehe..

Thats all I have, and when my girlfriend is in New Zealand I can call her for free using VOIPBuster and she can call my PC too! (though not for free)

Tis fantastic

MercilessKiller

robred wrote:

hi everyone

i have a working sipgate account with a normal uk phone attached to my linksys router
however now this is working i need to complicate things just to make life more interesting :-)

i want to be able to connect using my wireless laptop

i have downloaded the recommended x-tapi lite softphone and configured it but would like to use the us robotics usb phone i have

when i connect the phone it says "please run skype first" YUK !!

does anyone (bextech :-) ) know if this is possible ?

i could spend hours trying to work it our but i am sure someons else has tried it before

any help will be gratefully recieved

thanks everyone

bye for now

Rob

Most USB Skype phones (if not all of them) work as speakers and a microphone. Thats it.

If you dont change yoru normal audio settings with skype open, and play music, it'll come out of your USB Phone, as thats all it is. Speakers and Mic.

So if you can use your phone as your normal audio device by selecting it in your sound properties under control panel > sounds > audio devices tab, then it will work with any software.

If however it is somehow inter-connected with Skype maybe through certain software, then no you won't be able to use it with other software.

Only if you can use it as a normal audio device can it be used with others afaik

robolint

mehta66 wrote:

I'm just about to download and install Sipgate, having read a lot of the reviews about it on this board.

Just before I do .... do I need any special equipement? Eg, on its website it talks about an adaptor and a soft phone. I'm currently on broadband.

Any pointers would be much appreicated.

Thanks

nope u dont need anything really except maybe a microphone of somesort. I just use the one thats built into my webcam. Works a treat.

lofty_2

rizla01 wrote:

Why not come back and tell us what number you got (If it's a good one) without the area code.
Riz

Ok, I managed to get 2 good numbers. 01*96 888 000 and 01*21 788 000.

Brill Service.

mehta66

Thanks guys, have just set it up ......

Cheers

MercilessKiller

lofty wrote:

Ok, I managed to get 2 good numbers. 01*96 888 000 and 01*21 788 000.

Brill Service.

hehehe.. you really starred out the wrong numbers there!!!! *calls* :rotfl:

Wooky

When I click on the link i get the option for a 0845,0870 or some German thing, how do I get a local area code number ?

Wooky

Ok I have managed to do it now but theres not numbers available.