Yate server > Yate server for Google Voice
Beginner in need of help!
CauselessEffect:
Please forgive me for my ignorance, I have an extensive IT background, but am completely new to the world of VoIP! My ultimate goal here is to get Yate configured to work with Google Voice so that I can make calls from my Android phone without using my cellular minutes.
I am currently utilizing VoIP on my Android phone in the form of CSipSimple, Pbxes.org, and Google Voice. With this setup, I can successfully make and receive calls using my Google Voice number without burning my plan's minutes. Woohoo, data-only VoIP! The problem is connection reliability while using the free Pbxes service. I am frequently disconnected and call quality is non-ideal. My hopes are that an in-house solution will improve my VoIP experience. I may be way off on this, but it is my understanding the Yate server can fill this gap.
I have been researching VoIP services for the past week and a half and am still completely lost in the sea of telephony terms and various software solutions out there. I have browsed the Yate website and attempted a couple tutorials, but I have hit a wall and don't know where else to turn to for answers. I have a Windows server with Yate client and server installed. The client works fine when connected to Google Voice, however, it appears to be connected directly to Google instead of through my Yate server.
I hate to ask such a vague question, but my hopes are someone can help guide me through the configuration process with Google Voice (or at least point me in the right direction). So far, I have attempted to follow the tutorial posted here: http://www.tuxguides.com/yate-server-free-google-voice-calling/
However, as a Linux guide (and dated from 2011), I suspect there are some incompatibilities. If anyone has experience with Google Voice integration (and hopefully Android SIP too!), your help would be greatly appreciated!
marian:
Hi,
Yate configuration is the same on Windows and Linux.
http://www.tuxguides.com/yate-server-free-google-voice-calling it's ok.
See other:
http://docs.yate.ro/wiki/Jabber_Client_With_Jingle_Yate_Server
http://docs.yate.ro/wiki/Connecting_To_Google_Voice
http://docs.yate.ro/wiki/Connecting_to_GMail
http://docs.yate.ro/wiki/Starting_on_windows
http://docs.yate.ro/wiki/Debugging_Yate_Client_on_Windows (contains some instructions on modifying configuration files on Windows)
CauselessEffect:
Thanks for listing those resources. I had followed the "Connecting To Google Voice" guide earlier but was unable to get that working. After reviewing the links you provided, I am still left with a couple questions:
1) After modifying each config file, I removed the ".sample" file extension, what else (if anything) must be done to activate these modules? (Server was then started with the "net start yate" command)
2) Following the Yate client's new account wizard, I am asked which provider to user, I have chosen the default option, "none", then specified the SIP server as 127.0.0.1, is this correct?
I am unable to authenticate with the SIP account I created in "regfile.conf", so either my Yate server is not correctly configured or I am not selecting the correct options in the Yate client account wizard.
CauselessEffect:
Okay, I was able to answer both my own questions! Changing the file extensions from ".conf.sample" to just ".conf" appears to cause those settings to take. Also, I'm not sure why, but the default SIP username the guide had listed (user: "username", pass: "something") did not work. I changed it to something different and now I am able to connect to my server with the Yate client!
Now I can make calls from Yate client using the test numbers found in "regexroute.conf" (99991001 - 999901008), but any other number fails. I will try opening some ports, maybe the server isn't able to communicate outside yet?
marian:
Did you connected to google voice account?
Did you set routing rules in regexroute.conf?
You might want to run yate from console until you properly configured it.
See http://docs.yate.ro/wiki/Starting_on_windows.
You should start it with logging (see -l command line options) if you need to post a log file.
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