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Using Voice over IP with Ekiga
Modern telecommunication means far more than just making a phone call. It is also
about exchanging text messages and sometimes even video conferencing. Roaming
enables you to be reachable under one phone number all across the world. Ekiga brings
these features to your Linux desktop, allowing you to communicate over broadband
Internet.
Before starting, make sure that the following requirements are met:
• Your sound card is properly configured.
• A headset or a microphone and speakers are attached to your computer.
• For dialing in to regular phone networks, a SIP account is required. SIP (Signaling
protocol for Internet Telephony) is the protocol used to establish sessions for audio
and video conferencing or call forwarding. There are many VoIP providers all over
the world. For a quick start, have a look at the service that the Ekiga project provides
at http://www.ekiga.net.
• For video conferencing, a Web cam is connected to your computer.

16.1 Configuring Ekiga

On first start, Ekiga opens a configuration assistant that requests all data needed to
configure your instance of Ekiga. To configure Ekiga, proceed as follows:
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