On 08/20/2015 09:16 AM, gumb wrote:
using a webRTC solution
a) no but I've used SIP on a number of devices as well as Linux. I had to remember not to have spaces in the middle of the passwords. I don't know about the iPhone but the native phone system on android seems to have a SIP-over-internet option too. And yes I've used dedicated tools like Zoiper. Some work better than others. b) I've used Google's hangouts for all of text, voice and video, locally across the city, over the internet and a Verizon JetPack and wifi to a boat of the Florida keys, and to a cell phone in Ridyah, all with about the same excellent quality of service. c) I've used the WebEx video system, also in conference mode, as tried a couple of other video presentation applications with varying success; always success but the varying involves quality of service, especially as the number of active participants goes up. As a presentation service that's another matter. I'm not a enthusiast of any of these. I tried them out to see if they worked and how they worked and if they worked well. If I ever have to write a DR plan and need a way of communicating, the heck, hangouts is pretty good! But I don't see it replacing my POTS. They are tools; and they all worked OK with NAT, not NAT, and various versions of Linux and in a couple of cases Windows. Most require a browser for initiation. Some, like hangouts, are very specific. Personally I think that post Microsoft Skype is .... not the same, but YMMV. I suggest that "for the duration" of an experiment you discard your prejudices and dislikes of phones and tablets and try "wolf fencing" the problem instead of battering at it head-on. Find out what works as well as what doesn't and then consider how they and their protocols interact with the system. Right now all you're dealing with is a long line of negatives. If all of SIP, hangouts etc don't work for you on Linux but do work for you on phone/tablets then that's an important discovery. You've just eliminated all of 'networking' from the issue and shifted the focus exclusively to Linux. The other advice I keep giving people is to focus on the desired achievement, not the mechanism. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=358695 -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org