Defining Ekiga SIP Softphone

Ekiga is a free software application for audio and video telephony (VoIP) that supports the SIP protocol. Configuration is based on a SIP account.

1. Add a new application (see Adding applications) and select the application type Local.

2. Edit the following fields:

   Option	Description
   Name	Name for the application
   Application	Custom
   Parameter	ekiga

3. Click Free parameters and then Add to define the following free parameters:

   Variable	Value
   account	<Name of the SIP account>
   server	<server URL>
   user	<SIP username>
   password	<password>
   outbound_proxy	<proxy URL >

   Example: password=424242
   For further information, see Defining free application parameters.

4. In the Free application parameters dialog, right-click the variable name password and click Encrypt.
5. Confirm with Apply and OK.