Recommendation for entry level VOIP hard phone

In article <l8pvcf$c6a$>, Andrew Benham
<> scribeth thus
>On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:05:35 +0000, Graham J wrote:
>
>> Chris Davies wrote:
>>> Graham J <graham@invalid> wrote:
>>>> Chris Davies wrote:
>>>>> Do check that the Vigor's SIP ALG is off
>>>
>>>> This was one of the things I tested before ringing the Voipfone helpdesk ...
>>>
>>> Oh well. Next time I'm in one of our offices I'll see if I can remember
>>> to test SIP against the 2830 there. Mind you, it'll be Sipgate or Betamax;
>>> I don't have a Voipfone account to test against.
>>
>> I suspect the problem is specific to Voipfone!
>>
>> I have a vague recollection that it expected a NAT tunnel to be open
>> long after the Vigor had got bored and closed it.
>
>I've a suspicion that there's something odd with Voipfone. My Grandstream
>BT200 (which works on other VoIP accounts) seems to disconnect at odd
>times. And the Ekiga softphone (which is the softphone I prefer with Linux)
>doesn't want to play with Voipfone at all - I got as far as faking a SRV
>record for voipfone on my local DNS server which Ekiga seemed keen on having,
>but that didn't actually help the problem.
>So far, not using Voipfone is my best solution.


Ask them .. we look after a few lines now with VoIPfone and no problems
at all...


--
Tony Sayer

 

On 11/12/2013 22:45, Allan wrote:
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a basic VOIP hard phone. For
> various reasons, I have a short term need for a VOIP phone that will
> plug straight into a router (ethernet cable), and use something like
> voipbuster, to talk to someone the other end who’s also on VOIP.
> Tips, pointers, manufacturers, sources all welcome.
> Thanks

Thanks for all the tips, info and advice, which have been very helpful,
and have made me look at my existing router and take the opportunity to
upgrade that to include one with VOIP, which would seem a better option
than going standalone, or splashing out on extra kit when buying a new
router would kill several birds etc. I may create a new post with views
on such a modem/router although there's been some very helpful feedback
on an equivalent post on uk.diy.
Thanks
Allan