Looking for help with self hosted VOIP system

[vanarp]

Basically I am looking for help to setup my own Google Talk or Skype like system so that me and friends can talk (voice chat) over it.

While I do not know anything about such stuff, I am optimistic that there should be Open Source software and people should have already done it.

There is no real requirement for a such a thing at the moment except that I am want to have fun with my virtual servers

 

[rsk]

Why not use teamspeak? It is easy to install and the client works proper (PC to PC)

 

[crazywsl]

You could use Mumble instead of TeamSpeak.. It's open source.

 

[vanarp]

@rsk, @crazywsl they look cool. will explore them over the coming weekends. any recommendations for some good tutorials of these products?

 

[HalfEatenPie]

For mumble: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/Installing_Mumble

Mumble takes a few minutes to get used to, but after that it's fantastic.  

 

[5n1p]

This is how I install TS3:

adduser teamspeak

go to offi site and get link for last version for you system:


wget link
tar -zxvf filename
cd /teamspeak_ver
./ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh

copy: admin user

admin pass

and token you will see all that in console

connect to your ts3 server with admin pass and token

after that use


./ts3server_startscript.sh
to start restart stop etc.

./ts3server_startscript.sh restart

 

[drmike]

+1 for Mumble.  I have used it on our private LAN environment as a solution.

Android app available for it too.

 

[blergh]

Mumble is good for voip, but just about shit for everything else. Skype is cancer.

Otherwise a PBX might be useful, quiet nice to have.

 

[drmike]

Okay so VOIP with mumble is fine, but you can't call a dialtone user.  Aside from that... it's fine.  It's real quick to get installed.  Literally with docs < 20 minutes first time through.

Skype, yeppers you nailed that.

Asterisks or similar PBX would be nice, but rather complicated.  Probably something out there with a doc to follow.