[GRLUG] Remote Extensions VOIP

[Justin Denick]

That does pretty nice. It's platform agnostic, so I'll definitely take a peek. 

I looked at the direct comparison chart to OpenVPN and found some contradictions to what most OpenVPN users know to be true. I think the speed comparisons could be a little exaggerated.  

-j


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> On Feb 18, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Patrick Goupell <patrick at upmerchants.com> wrote:
> 
> Have you seen / heard of softether?  
> 
> I recommend you take a look at it:  www.softether.org
> 
> 
>> On 02/18/2014 07:17 PM, Justin Denick wrote:
>> +1 for OpenVPN 
>> That's some sweet software. 
>> 
>> -j
>> 
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>> 
>> On Feb 18, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Dan Pilcheck <pilcheck at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Lee,
>>> Our remote sites are connected via OpenVPN tunnels. (between the remote's UBNT EdgeRouter Lite and our Untangle at the main office).
>>> This allows our remote extensions to appear as local endpoints to the PBX.
>>> Honestly, this has worked _much_ better than expected and saved some real headaches dealing with SIP, RTP, NAT and security.
>>> 
>>> We are considering letting an agent or two work from home, so I find myself in your position also.
>>> 
>>> Softphones over the vpn tunnel (split or full) work great for our Windows and Android clients.
>>> However, our old Polycom's aren't as flexible and would need a vpn appliance somewhere in between.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> HTH,
>>> 
>>> -- Dan
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:35 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>>>> If we have a VOIP server inhouse, .. would a remote extension require an
>>>> actual hardware VPN, or are the other options?
>>>> 
>>>>         TIA!
>>>> 
>>>>         Lee
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