X-Lite

X-lite is a soft-SIP-phone. It is the free (a little limited) version of Counterpath's Eyebeam.

Tip's 'n Tricks

• When in conversation, press CTRL-F9 to see some debug-information about the network-speed and codecs used.
• If the connection fails after a few (tens of) seconds, check if both sides use the same codecs and disable all other codecs
• If the connection still fails after a period of time, try un-checking Send SIP keep-alives on the advanced section of your SIP account.
• If the other party cannot (or can hardly) hear you, check the recording-mixer settings of the mic to see if some other program may have touched the mixer-settings.
• eyeBeam 1.5 FAQ

Things maybe related to bandwidth useage

• "Zero Touch bandwidth detection"
• QoS maybe not implemented in the free version (is an advertised feature for the non-free version)

Links

• X-lite 3.0 userguide
• Download X-lite
• CounterPath SIP Softphone Support (a forum)