Re: [Linphone-users] ...lost in configuration...

[Liviu Andronic]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 05:54:40 +0100, Custom Processing Unlimited  
<address@hidden> wrote:

> ok, I have signed up for two different linphone sip accounts... I have  
> not
> been able to get linphone setup with either of these accounts on the
> softphone for Linux, Android or Blackberry... I am at a total loss for
> figuring out what I'm doing wrong... Could someone PLEASE outline, as  
> simply
> as possible, exactly HOW I configure this softphone with its companion  
> SIP
> service?  Documentation on configuration is sincerely lacking on the site
> and I am being endlessly frustrated by this.
Yup! This just about sums up my first experience with Linphone. :) To  
configure a SIP account, first make sure that ipv6 is disabled (if you  
didn't touch it, it's OK). Then enter:
SIP identity: "sip:address@hidden"
SIP Proxy: "sip:sip.linphone.org"


@Simon: Some sort of tutorial or FAQ entry for the desktop version would  
come very handy to newcomers. Even better, please simplify the process of  
adding a new SIP account:
- the "sip:" part is utterly useless since Linphone does only SIP. This  
helps only to confuse newcomers
- specifying twice "sip.linphone.org" is also unnecessary. At the very  
least the SIP Proxy part should be made optional, and clearly labelled so.

Thus adding a new SIP account in Linphone can be as simple as specifying:
SIP identity: "address@hidden"

while the password is being asked later. This is the only info asked in  
Jitsi (formerly SIP Communicator), and I must admit that it's much more  
intuitive.

Let me know what you think. Cheers
Liviu