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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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[-] LordCrom@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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 1 points 1 week ago

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

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Got a link to Ms VoIP?

Googling it just gives info on Skype shutting down

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 2 points 1 week ago

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 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 1 points 1 week ago

Yah, I'm not going to do that.

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

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

[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

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 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you, I'll check them out.

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago

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

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

https://wiki.voip.ms/article/Softphones

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

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 1 week ago
[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 1 week ago

Still doesn't load. Try in tor browser

[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

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

[-] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

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)

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago

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

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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.

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