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Examples of connecting multiple SIP Phone and free phones for VoIP
As an example of the benefits of Internet phones, you are not required to reside in, or be in the location, that your phone number appears to support. You may reside in California while your internet phone number is a Florida telephone number. Thinking of it in another way, if your children are away at school or married and now living in an area supported by a GloPhone or Stanaphone area code, all of your phone calls are free for both of you. Sip to Sip calls are usually free.
If you have so many free anytime minutes on your cell phone that your cell calls are basically free, why use an Internet VoIP telephone, you may ask. Here is a fine example. If you are a teacher you may not allow students to call your home number. If they do and you allow it, perhaps your small child answers the phone, or family members answer by saying hello. If you have an Internet phone it rings on your computer, or if you use a SIP adapter, it will ring on a regular phone used for Internet calls. You, as the teacher, are the only person that answers that phone. Think of it as the teacher Hotline. You look more professional when you answer the phone with a proper professional greeting.
Don't be bashful after setting up your phone. Give us a call to test your new phone. If we aren't busy we will talk to you. Trying two phones on the same network, many people try to test this way
The easiest example is one that you may have tried already. We see it in the FAQ's of many sites. More than one free XTen "Lite" SIP phone exists behind your broadband "LinkSys" or "Network Everywhere" router. Every computer in your home or office has its own free phone number. Can you talk within the network? Let's see:
An example of running more than one phone on the same home or small office network: Computer one starts up the phone, and the number is 123456. It goes out on port 5060 and says "I'm here" - this is the listen SIP port. RTP listen port is 8000
Computer two starts up their phone, and the number is 234567. Same configuration on startup.
Computer one calls computer two (we go all the way to the sip proxy and back to call our buddy sitting next to us.) Computer two gets a ring, and we answer it.
If you cannot hear the voice from one phone or the other, change the RTP listen port to 8002, and call again.
Remember, eyePphone and XTen free phones are multi-line phones. You should not get a busy signal, even with a firewall, if configured correctly.
This advice pertains to generic setups, and may not be entirely adequate for your configuration. Refer to your phone provider's help, support, or FAQ if needed
If you are using Stanaphone or another single line phone you will get a busy signal. Call us instead, or let it roll over to voicemail to test the phone.
