On Dec 24, 2007 6:43 PM, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> I have a relative who is on skype, but I gather that skype is > >>> proprietary, so as things stand I cannot use the relative to connect > >>> as a test. > >>> > >> There is a Skype client in the Medibuntu repo. > >> > > Thanks Tom I will have a go with it too. > I'm not sure that is the latest version, I've got the new beta version, > .deb downloaded direct from Skype, loaded only Eee laptop, as the > previous versions don't support video calls... It works just fine... > > Lee. > PS. I hate the proprietaryness of Skype too, but it's becoming the de > facto standard... :( > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
Hi guys, Any service based on SIP (i.e. both Ekiga and sipgate) should in theory work fine together. In practice, it doesn't always work that way but is generally good enough! I know that Ekiga and sipgate work fine together. Ekiga has an echo test that you can dial... sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] which should work great for what you need. The only benefit that Skype has that SIP clients do not, is that it's aggressive NAT traversal works in most cases, without any messing about with routers etc. With your SIP client, just make sure it's set to the correct NAT traversal method. Ekiga's NAT wizard will be able to help you with this. Good luck, and Merry Christmas :-) Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
