17. Linphone with iinet iitalk voip service on Debian Testing 64 (Wheezy)

We've got the Naked DSL from iinet, and included with it is a 'free' voip service, iitalk. Since we haven't got either a modem supporting voip, or an ATA adapter + regular terrestrial phone, we're aiming for the next best - using a software voip solution on our desktop. Linphone is FOSS and available in the debian repos.

You will have received an email from iinet with the following details:
Your Netphone number:         0xxxxxxx
Your Netphone password:     yyyyyyy
Your Netphone PIN:                 zzzz
VoIP SIP domain:            iinetphone.iinet.net.au
VoIP SIP server:              sip.state.iinet.net.au

where state is act, nsw, vic, wa etc. giving something along the lines of sip.act.iinet.net.au


first
sudo apt-get install linphone

You'll find the GUI version on your gnome menu under 'internet'. Start it.
Go to Linphone/Settings
Click on the manage SIP accounts tab.
There are three main sections on this tab: default identity, Proxy accounts and Privacy
Don't bother with the Default identity or Privacy; instead click on Add under Proxy accounts


Your SIP identity: sip: 0xxxxxxx@sip.state.iinet.net.au
SIP proxy addres: sip: sip.state.iinet.net.au
Route (optional): sip:
Registration duration (sec): 3600
Register at startup: yes

You can also set up the account directly in your ~/.linphonerc :

[proxy_0]
reg_proxy=sip:sip.state.iinet.net.au
reg_route=sip:
reg_identity=sip:0xxxxxxx@sip.state.iinet.net.au
reg_expires=3600
reg_sendregister=1
publish=0
dial_escape_plus=0

[auth_info_0]
username=0xxxx
userid=0xxxxxx
passwd=yyyyyyyyyyy
realm="iinetphone.iinet.net.au"

The number after proxy_ and auth_info_ depends on whether you have other accounts defined as well. Note that the .linphonerc file will contain a fair number of other things. Here's my full .linphonerc (with some information replaced by x's)


[sound]
playback_dev_id=ALSA: default device
ringer_dev_id=ALSA: default device
capture_dev_id=ALSA: default device
remote_ring=/usr/share/sounds/linphone/ringback.wav

[video]
device=V4L2: /dev/video0
size=cif
enabled=0
display=0
capture=0
show_local=0
self_view=1

[GtkUi]
advanced_ui=1
uri0=0xxxxxxxx

[net]
download_bw=0
upload_bw=0
firewall_policy=0
mtu=0

[sip]
sip_port=5060
guess_hostname=1
contact=<sip:xxx@192.168.1.2>
inc_timeout=15
use_info=0
use_rfc2833=0
use_ipv6=0
register_only_when_network_is_up=1
default_proxy=0

[auth_info_0]
username=0xxxxxxx
userid=0xxxxxxxx
passwd=yyyyyyy
realm="iinetphone.iinet.net.au"

[rtp]
audio_rtp_port=7078
video_rtp_port=9078
audio_jitt_comp=60
video_jitt_comp=0
nortp_timeout=30

[audio_codec_0]
mime=speex
rate=32000
enabled=1

[audio_codec_1]
mime=speex
rate=16000
enabled=1

[audio_codec_2]
mime=speex
rate=8000
enabled=1

[audio_codec_3]
mime=GSM
rate=8000
enabled=1

[audio_codec_4]
mime=PCMU
rate=8000
enabled=1

[audio_codec_5]
mime=PCMA
rate=8000
enabled=1

[video_codec_0]
mime=MP4V-ES
rate=90000
enabled=1
recv_fmtp=profile-level-id=3

[video_codec_1]
mime=theora
rate=90000
enabled=1

[video_codec_2]
mime=H263-1998
rate=90000
enabled=1
recv_fmtp=CIF=1;QCIF=1

[video_codec_3]
mime=H263
rate=90000
enabled=1

[video_codec_4]
mime=x-snow
rate=90000
enabled=1

[proxy_0]
reg_proxy=sip:sip.state.iinet.net.au
reg_route=sip:
reg_identity=sip:0xxxxxxxxx@sip.state.iinet.net.au
reg_expires=3600
reg_sendregister=1
publish=0
dial_escape_plus=0