Re: voice communication on my LAN
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 09:11:35AM -0500, Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:53:34 -0500
> Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for an easy way for my wife to contact me when I'm working
> > out in my garage. I've usually got the computer on, playing music out
> > there. I'd like something that will make a sound over the computer
> > speakers, so I'll know I have an incoming call.
> >
> > I use Ekiga for SIP over the internet. It does not work, though, to
> > communicate between 2 computers on the same LAN -- I think this is
> > because I use STUN.
>
> Well, the Ekiga FAQ does note that this will not work when you're
> behind a NAT router, and it says that the solution is to use Avahi -
> have you tried that?
>
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Ekiga_behind_a_NAT_router#I_have_2_Ekiga_behind_a_NAT_using_STUN:_they_can.27t_communicate
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Avahi
>
Excellent! That works! Users on the LAN show up in the address book as
"Contacts Near Me".
> > I could set up my own SIP server, but I imagine there must be an easier
> > way. If not, then I'd appreciate advise on which SIP server would be
> > best/easiest for my application.
>
> I am not sure about this, and I haven't tried it, but IIUC, the problem
> we're discussing will only occur where you're trying to communicate via
> a SIP server, but you should be able to connect to each other directly
> by local hostname / IP address, i.e., instead of trying to call with
> 'robowens@ekiga.net', try 'garage@192.168.0.11' (after setting up your
> lan addressing scheme appropriately).
>
That works also. Who knew it would be so easy...
Thanks for the help.
-Rob
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