How to set up a SIP channel to interconnect with a Vonfone account

WARNING

Applies to VoipNow 3 and higher!

This article describes the steps required for setting up a SIP channel that you can use to interconnect with your Vonfone account.

Step-by-step guide

This is what you need to do if you want to configure a SIP channel that can connect with your Vonfone account:

STEP 1: Log in the VoipNow interface and click on Channels in the side menu. The Channel Management page will open.

STEP 2: Click the Add new SIP channel icon and set it up as described here:

• Clone settings from channel: --
• Name: Fill in the desired channel name, for example Vonfone Channel.
• I want to configure the channel: Select manually from the drop-down list.
• Send calls to: sip.vonfone.nl
• Accept calls from IPs/network: 173.203.242.248
• Do not register: selected
• Concurrent calls (outgoing+incoming): Fill in the number of channels you purchased, both for incoming and outgoing calls (e.g.: 10).
• Charging plan: Choose either Free or Paid, depending on your requirements. If you select Paid, then do not forget to add costs to the channel!
• Channel capabilities: Both
• DTMF mode: RFC2833
• Behind NAT: Select this checkbox if the channel is located behind a NAT (Network Address Translation) router.
• CallerID for outgoing calls: It should not be needed, so leave this text box empty.
• From domain: your_VoipNow_Server_ip
• Qualify value: 300ms
• Trusted channel: selected
• Trust Remote-Party-ID SIP header: selected
• Send Remote-Party-ID SIP header: selected
• Channel codecs: Select the corresponding checkboxes for the ulaw, alaw, g729 codes.
• Use MD5: unselected

You can leave the fields not mentioned in this example as they are or you can customize them according to your requirements.

STEP 3: Select the Set up the public phone numbers assigned to the channel checkbox in order to add the number(s) you have purchased.

STEP 4: Click OK.

STEP 5: Use the Add Public Phone Numbers to Channel {channel_name} to define the numbers. Make sure you add them correctly!

The Vonfone number format is:

12019XXXXXX