![]() I truly would love to find a freeware softphone that just works as it should…that doesn’t give the users or the IT staff a massive migraine in setup or use…that is up-to-date and secure. If you know of some more free softphones still in active development that are worthy of mentioning, I’m all ears. They, too, are in a transition away from a legacy freeware client towards an entirely new client, which appears to only be free for 1 year? (Their site gets real vague about this point, as if they intend to pull the rug out from under you on a whim.)Ĭredit where credit is due: has a great portable open-source PJSIP-based client, but it’s only for Windows. The point here is, X-Lite is effectively gone now…Bria Solo replaced it and X-Lite will not see a single update moving forward.Īnother Example: 3CX Phone can be setup to work, but has its own limitations and YMMV…because it was written to target their own server software and they will prompt you to consider switching to 3CX server every chance they get. Bria Solo works fine and is great for seeing if Bria, generally speaking, is to your liking before investing in the enterprise client -or- if you have a small team of people and don’t mind paying the small annual fee per client for a full and proper set of softphone features - the “free” end of the “freemium” doesn’t include basics like Transfer and Call Waiting, no TLS/SRTP support, and includes Ads. I surely wouldn’t trust or rely upon it in a corporate environment where I want minimal headache and maximum productivity.Īnother Example: X-Lite was a hardly working mess from the time CounterPath merged it with a stripped down (read: crippled) version of their “eyeBeam” code until they finally scrapped it completely in lieu of their freemium Bria Solo product. I’ll admit, I haven’t checked out Linphone in the 3ish months since they bothered to start putting out proper updates again, but their track record is far from stellar…so I’ve been in no rush. Does it even properly support TLS/SRTP yet? Was it easy and straight forward if you weren’t on the same subnet as the PBX? Not a chance. ![]() Prior to this recent reemergence, most of their source was years behind. They finally released a Linux client for the first time in just the last 4 months. Linphone finally started up active development and releasing updates again in earnest in June 2020 after a 3 year hiatus (beyond a few rather minor fixes). Allow me to thoroughly expand on my remark… Since you mentioned Linphone, I’ll say it’s actively developed, not outdated at all, and works fine with PJSIP. You can see an example of such in this thread I recently wrote up about using the Yealink VP59 ( not a natively supported model in EndPoint Manager) with EndPoint Manager, Video Calls, SRTP, and even Sangoma Meet. Deploying new phones to a site is as simple as entering the MAC in Endpoint Manager and plugging the phone in on-site.ĮndPoint manager supports a LOT of customization, as well. If setup properly with DHCP on the local networks of the phones, a client can factory reset the device and it will fully set itself back up automatically. ![]() However, EndPoint Manager is NOT required to setup your physical deskphones…it simply makes the setup a lot easier for both you and your clients. So long as you’ve setup your Extensions with the PJSIP channel driver, you can use the same Extension # on both the softphone and desk phone.ĮndPoint Manager does support a large number of physical IP phones and makes managing them much easier than manually configuring the phones. To setup your iPhone softphone client, you’ll setup the Extension as above first, then configure the softphone client with the IP/Hostname of the PBX, appropriate Port number for your chosen tech (Chan_SIP or Chan_PJSIP), Extension number, and the Password (Secret) you specified when you created the Extension on the PBX. ![]() GUI > Applications > Extensions - You’ll create your Extensions here, regardless of whether you are using physical phones or softphone clients. Setting aside automatic provisioning, setting up just an extension you can manually configure for use in your softphone is just as has sparsely touched upon: The biggest (and most mature) option that comes to mind is Bria Enterprise from CounterPath. There are a few commercial products that offer an EndPoint Manager-like provisioning experience. Most Softphones do not offer a remote provisioning feature. To be a little more clear: EndPoint Manager is for Physical endpoints like ATAs and phones from brands like Sangoma, Yealink, Grandstream, Cisco, Polycom, etc. ![]()
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