VoIP-Enable Remote Workers w/o Need for a VPN

[ObihaiCustSvc]

By utilizing a pair of OBi202 devices, the below two recent Obihai blog articles describe the set-up and configuration of a VPN-less remote extension off an IP PBX located at a Main Office site.  The extension station can be either an analog phone connected to an OBi202 phone port or a SIP IP Phone registered to the OBi202.

Analog Phone as Remote Extension:
http://blog.obihai.com/2013/03/using-obi202-w-analog-phones-as-ip-pbx.html

IP Phone as Remote Extension:
http://blog.obihai.com/2013/03/using-obi202-with-ip-phone-as-ip-pbx.html

[giqcass]

Picked one up.

[QBZappy]

VPN-less remote extension off an IP PBX located at a Main Office site.

Huh! 'VPN-less'...
It would have been better news if they touted that the OBi could now be connected with a built in OpenVPN client. That would have been a much more interesting entry in their Blog.

That is by far my number 1 feature request. Since they brought it up, who wants this feature, speak up.

[giqcass]

I must admit an OBi202 with Wifi adapter and VPN capability would rock.

+1

[QBZappy]

The people have spoken! Obihai, I hope your are listening. There are at least two of us that would like to see an OpenVPN client baked into the OBi.  We are just the tip of the iceberg.

[jwcmb]

Another +1 for this request

[Ostracus]

The people have spoken! Obihai, I hope your are listening. There are at least two of us that would like to see an OpenVPN client baked into the OBi.  We are just the tip of the iceberg.

I never knew you were iceberg material.

Actually if they "bake it in" then I can add that to my collection of VPNs (router, server,  DD-WRT, and Obi202). My abundance of riches. Maybe Tor? Obihai for that "liberated" feeling.

[SIMPLE_desires]

What provision is substituted after removing the VPN from the equation to protect SIP from a SIP hostile environment- or SIP hostile ISP?

Not all voip providers offer SIP TCP for SIP TCP TLS