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Old 28-04-2008, 16:07
Gordon Henderson
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Default Re: Can I use VOIP phone on my network with Skype ?

In article <ZsGdnXsYnfT1eYjVnZ2dnUVZ8tuqnZ2d@bt.com>,
Jethro <jethro_uk@hotmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>Hi all
>
>our LAN is also our VOIP network. My PC has one IP address, my phone
>(grandstream) another. Can I connect the two in software somehow so my PC
>Skpe can drive/use the phone. That way I can avoid the need for a separate
>headset for the PC[/color]

Not easilly.

Your Grandstream phone uses an industry standard, open and published
protocol called SIP. Skype uses it's own proprietary and closed
protocol. The two don't mix[1].

Gordon

[1] Actually, there is a Skype module for Astersk that could in-theroy
allow you to call a Skype number from your Grandstream phone, via a
local asterisk server, but I suspect it's more than you want to do to
make this work.
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