7.3 Making a Call

After Ekiga is configured appropriately, making a call is straightforward.

  1. Click Computer > More Applications > Communicate > Ekiga Softphone.

  2. Enter the SIP address of the other party at the SIP address prompt.

    The address should look like sip:username@domainname or username@hostname for direct local calls or like username@sipserver or userid@sipserver for proxied calls or calls using the service of a SIP provider. If you have a SIP provider that accepts real phone calls, you can enter the number like sip:<call number>

  3. Click the Call button to the right of the SIP address prompt (or type Ctrl+O), then wait for the other party to pick up the phone.

  4. To end the call, click Hang up or type Ctrl+D.

If you need to tweak the sound parameters during a call, click View > View Mode > Full View to show four tabs holding more options. The second one holds the Audio options for Playback level and Recording level. Use the sliders to adjust both volumes to fit your needs.