Dialing Obi Number from another SIP account
azrobert:
Quote from: yfh_obi on August 28, 2017, 10:23:05 am
For obi what should I write after the @ to reach the Obi number from another non-obi sip account?
You need an OBi200 trunk defined as SIP. If you don't have one, a dummy trunk can be defined.
The SIP format of the call to the OBi200 is:
nnnn@xx.xx.xx.xx:pppp
nnnn is anything you want. If you want to make an outbound call from the OBi200, it is the outbound number.
pppp is the user agent port of the OBi200 trunk you are calling. The default is 5060.
From your local network
xx.xx.xx.xx is the IP address of the OBi200
From outside your local network
xx.xx.xx.xx is your public IP address
You need to setup port forwarding in your router for the user agent (listening) port and the RTP ports.
yfh_obi:
Hello Drgeoff:
There are sites where they offer a DID (Direct Inward Dial) number. In simple English, the number is a real number in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). You buy the service and register your SIP account with them so when someone dial the DID it will ring the SIP account. In order to do that you need to know the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of the Obi number/account which usually resemble the syntax of an email usually it is obi 9_number@xxxxx.xxx. Connecting the DID to my obi URI is called masking. I am not sure where I picked this term from but I remember reading it somewhere. Some VoIP providers don't allow receiving calls from outside VoIP providers using their own system. I travel a lot and I take my Obi box with me. I noticed some ISPs block the Google service and the SIP accounts registered (in one form or another). What I noticed was the obi number still work. However the problem is my communication is limited with those who has obi numbers. That's why I asked for the URI of my obi number so users with other SIP services can reach me.
Dear azrobert:
Thank ll be you for your response. There are plenty of hardware. The most famous is the Linksys family. Also there are software SIP clients which are plenty. In general the other party will have his own SIP service (regardless the hardware or the mean used to access his service). If he wants to reach my obi number what URI he should dial to reach me? I cannot rely on IP to IP connection because I am not using a static IP.
Regards
Y
azrobert:
You need to buy a 2nd OBi200 and keep it where people can call it. Then forward the call to you via OBi number.
azrobert:
You can be called from a Web browser that supports WEBRTC, like Chrome.
Go here: https://www.obitalk.com/obinet/
Click on the green Call OBi button on the top of the page.
Enter the OBi200's OBi number.
drgeoff:
Quote from: yfh_obi on August 31, 2017, 08:01:19 am
Hello Drgeoff:
There are sites where they offer a DID (Direct Inward Dial) number. In simple English, the number is a real number in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). You buy the service and register your SIP account with them so when someone dial the DID it will ring the SIP account. In order to do that you need to know the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of the Obi number/account which usually resemble the syntax of an email usually it is obi 9_number@xxxxx.xxx.
OK, now I understand. IPKall worked that way. (Past tense as it closed down.) You cannot do that using the Obitalk protocol. You need to use SIP.
azrobert has indicated how to make a SIP URI call to an Obi. However if your travelling OBi200 is behind a NAT router, port forwarding is likely to be required and I guess you don't always have access to such a router eg in hotels. Also some countries, some ISPs, some hotels etc deliberately block ports other than the standard ones used by browsers and email clients.
Probably the "Call OBi" button on obitalk.com is your best option.
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