Might be a bit of a tangent: use SIP at home via internet
from state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 19:16
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/37662774

I use a SIP provider for the landline at home. When on vacation I want to be able to make outbound calls with my landline number. I know this can be done, but I have no idea how. Does anyone here have some pointers for required hardware, software and configuration?

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solrize@lemmy.ml on 01 Jun 19:21 next collapse

Just use a sip phone app on your mobile. I use Linphone but there are lots of them.

sxan@midwest.social on 01 Jun 20:21 next collapse

My problem has always been finding a SIP company I wanted to give my money to, for providing a land line #. For a glorious, brief, period, I was able to do this through Google Voice. But then they got rid of that feature, and I haven’t found another provider who I like the looks of.

Moonrise2473@feddit.it on 01 Jun 20:44 next collapse

If you only want to make calls, any betamax/dellmont VoIP provider allows you to spoof your number after a otp code verification

desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 Jun 23:08 next collapse

similarly looking for sip companies, specifically with less discrimination against the 49th state.

sxan@midwest.social on 02 Jun 10:45 next collapse

I never considered that Alaska might be less serviced than other states, given how removed it is. It’s no Hawaii, but still.

ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jun 20:30 collapse

try voip dot ms

ikidd@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 15:42 collapse

I replied to another person in this thread, but I’ve used voip.ms for well over a decade for a few different businesses and personal use, and they’ve always been responsive and responsible.

sxan@midwest.social on 02 Jun 22:48 collapse

Thank you, I’ll check them out.

darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Jun 22:10 collapse

wiki.voip.ms/article/Softphones

For anyone that needs a guide. Should work for most providers with some configuration changes.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 02 Jun 14:34 collapse

Site doesn’t load :(

ikidd@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 15:39 collapse

Try again, loads for me.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 02 Jun 16:22 collapse

Still doesn’t load. Try in tor browser

Moonrise2473@feddit.it on 01 Jun 19:21 next collapse

I do this with avm fritz box, it can take the physical line and act as a sip server on the lan. I connect via the integrated wireguard VPN and use portsip app for make phone calls

CondorWonder@lemmy.ca on 01 Jun 20:23 next collapse

Check with your provider for SIP server, username and password, and if they have a suggested app (even if you don’t want to use it, it means they have some kind of support). It’s probably in their support pages somewhere.

hendrik@palaver.p3x.de on 01 Jun 21:10 next collapse

I think if you use a SIP provider, they'll have an app or a description on their website how to connect with third-party software. Just install it on a device you take with you, and configure it as per their description. Examples for Android SIP softphones are Linphone and Baresip.

Other options: you have a AVM Fritzbox at home and install their app. Or you set up an entire PBX like Asterisk or FreePBX or one of the other ones. That's rather complex and involved.

LordCrom@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 23:46 next collapse

I use this.

I have Ms VoIP as my provider. $1 month per line and 1 cent per min.

I have a grand stream sip adapter… Configured with my providers info and my creds. Phone can plug into it. Works just fine. Plus you can use any sip client to connect to the same line from mobile or PC.

Also, my old house had pots lines in every room. I took my grand stream and wired it into the house, not a phone. So I can plug regular phones into any of the original outlets and it works as it directly connected to the grand stream. I have 4 regular phones all running over original wires into the grandstream using sip

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 02 Jun 14:31 next collapse

Does that let you have a voicemail?

I’ve long wanted a cheap way to setup a phone, when rung, picks up and plays a message telling the caller to email me. But everything I found for this is wayy more expensive than $12/yr

LordCrom@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 06:57 collapse

It does. Or can just send the recorded message to your email as a .wav attachment.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 02 Jun 14:32 collapse

Got a link to Ms VoIP?

Googling it just gives info on Skype shutting down

ikidd@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 15:37 collapse

voip.ms

I’ve used them for well over a decade, I even sent the CEO an email when I had a CS rep telling me I couldn’t do something I knew I could. He sorted it out within the hour.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 02 Jun 16:23 collapse

Thanks. Unfortunately that site doesn’t load.

Maybe you can email the CEO asking them to check their site on tor browser in strict mode?

ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jun 20:32 next collapse

Voip dot ms employs a ton of countermeasures versus skript kiddies as voip fraud is a severe problem. You are unlikely to have much luck with Tor Browser. I have to ask them to take my boring data center IP off their greylist every time I want to add cash to my balance.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 02 Jun 21:18 collapse

Sounds like they don’t know how to do security, then

Are the rest of their engineers so incompetent, or only their security department?

ikidd@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 01:21 collapse

Yah, I’m not going to do that.

autonomoususer@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 02:41 next collapse

f-droid.org/en/packages/com.tutpro.baresip.plus/

You might need to set a STUN server or similar, in settings.

ikidd@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 15:39 next collapse

You can install Linphone from the Fdroid repository, and register it with your SIP provider as an extension. How you set it up as an extension will vary by the provider.

ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jun 20:29 collapse

Save yourself a lot of trouble and get a hardware SIP phone like the Grandstream WP826. I spent years struggling with software phones, most of them suck ass and the good ones aren’t very good.

quick unboxing video

Then make sure to enable voice transport encryption and set SIP transport to TLS (not UDP) and set keepalive timers to something below 3 minutes or so. The encryption settings are not just for security, using TLS for SIP transport has way fewer problems with incoming calls than UDP in 2025 network environments.

There are some firmware issues with the Grandstream WP826 but they are steadily releasing new firmware updates every month or two. If you need absolute bulletproof reliability go for something more expensive, otherwise the WP826 or similar model will likely be good enough (I say that as someone who is easily vexed by shitty software/electronics)