Questions tagged [skype]
Skype is a proprietary VOIP (Voice over IP) service and software application.
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Does your company allow Skype in network? [closed]
Does your company allow Skype in network? What are reasons to forbid it, and how it is enforced? Is it done for security concerns?
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How do you configure QoS for Skype?
On our office network (26 people), some users have complained of poor Skype call quality, particularly in the upstream direction. I wanted to ask, how do I identify Skype traffic, considering that it ...
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Skype-SIP gateway
Does anyone know if you can setup a Skype-to-SIP gateway on your network?
I tried Uplink, which works wonders, but only on Windows and with Skype on the same machine... It would be awesome if you ...
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Get rid of Skype for Business warning about Exchange
I'm at a college where we have a campus licensing agreement with Microsoft for licensing Windows and Office that now includes Office 365 online services, which includes Skype for Business. I'm playing ...
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Should Skype be reliable in a corporate environment?
I have been managing the IT function in a small software development company that has grown from 10 users to 70 users in 5 years.
Most users in the company are office based, but some key users work ...
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Skype Connect as SIP/Trunk for Asterisk
First off: I'm not sure if this should be on superuser or here.
I have recently built a few Asterisk boxes with OpenVOX FXO/FXS ports little or no trouble.
My current project is building an ...
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Improving Skype quality
Every now and then I revisit the issue of shaping skype traffic.
AFAIK Skype is notorious for ignoring most settings - incoming ports, proxies, etc so it is not possible to give special treatment to ...
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Skype in a business - what's your view?
We currently don't allow Skype usage on the LAN. The reasons ultimately come down to that great cover-all of "security", though I have to admit that these days I'm not sure if Skype has turned into a ...
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Switch from Skype to IRC
In our company (web company, 35 people, engineering and business, OS X clients, linux servers), we're evaluating alternatives to Skype which we use mostly for group and user-to-user chat.
I've looked ...
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pfSense with two WANs, routing Skype traffic over a specific WAN
I have a pfSense setup with two WANs (WAN1 and WAN2) and one LAN network. The two WANs are setup for failover.
However, QoS has recently been an issue for Skype calls in our office (about 30 people) ...
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Application Event Log Source: SideBySide, Event ID: 35 Lync.exe.Manifest error
I'm seeing an error in my Windows event log with the following signature:
Log: Application
Source: SideBySide
EventId: 35
Level: Error
Description: Activation context generation failed for "C:\...
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Small business video confrence. Any reason why I should not use Skype?
I'm going to need to set up video conferencing between Hawaii and Seattle for a small business.
They would like to use a mounted TV to do the video conferencing. It will be one TV to one TV ...
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How to prevent Skype DDOS [duplicate]
Is there a way to monitor number of attempted Skype connections on a specified port and dynamically firewall off the offending IPs if they break a certain threshhold within a specific time limit - in ...
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Can I have notifications/alerts sent by IM to a Skype account from a headless machine?
I want to make my network monitoring system send IM alerts, and the IM client of choice at my workplace is Skype.
Is there a command-line driven API, that doesn't require the GUI Skype client, so I ...
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How to change routing for skype packets?
I can't seem to find a way to somehow change routing for Skype packets.
I have following situation:
host ha, in lan, runs skype.
host ha has gateway "gw1"
gw1 has 2 separate network connections - ...
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How can I check if Skype is running and there's an active call taking place?
How can I check if Skype is running and there's an active call taking place?
I need this to shut down Skype before making automatic backup (otherwise files are locked on exFAT so I can't make backup) ...
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Lync2013/Skype for Business 2015 Firewall requirements
We are looking to deploy a single consolidated edge on a vSphere Cluster. From reading the Microsoft documentation, it appears you need two layers of firewalling.
Internet <--> Firewall <--&...
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Why skype can not connect through squid proxy
No matter how hard i tried skype still can not connect to its server.
Able to access other HTTPS servers like gmail,but skype is not working through proxy.
squid proxy server
eth0:192.168.2.22 with ...
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Skype companywide global contacts list
We are a medium sized company based across several sites and with a number of home workers. We have more or less settled on Skype as our defacto method of communication. At the moment the only pain ...
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Skype for Business Server 2015 and .local domain
I am having some issues getting our SfB server running when connected outside the company network.
We have a standalone SfB server with a hostname: hostname.domain.local
The SIP domain looks like ...
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Skype for Business/Lync 2013 - Wrong Display Names
Recently we've been noticing an issue where when searching for a user in Skype For Business/Lync 2013, a different user will show up in the search results. Doing some research, this seems to be ...
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Forwarding/Simulring settings reset when logging in with Lync client
Problem:
Using a Lync phone edition device, or using SEFAUtil, we can set forwarding/simulring settings for a particular user. Once that user logs in on a Lync client (running on Win7), the ...
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wireshark skype messages
I would like to analyse packets sent by skype from my computer.
Particularly I am interested in packets that transmit messages.
With what filter I can see this packets on wireshark.
I know that ...
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Block Skype on Cisco IOS
I'm trying to block skype via policy routing but it's not working ... here's my configuration:
class-map match-any block
match protocol skype
policy-map QoS-Priority-Input
class block
police ...
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How to block Skype using Squid?
Is there a way to block Skype using Squid?
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How to use skype as customer service tool
I would like to allow multiple support engineers to use the same skype account to communicate with customers. This also means multiple simultaneous voice calls with of the support skype account with ...
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Skype call via RDP on terminal server - Windows Server 2003
I tried calling with Skype on terminal server on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. I enable sound over RDP with a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine. (Link)
I used the latest Skype but I have problem with ...
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Is it possible to connect two Skype for Business instances (distinct companies)?
My company has a very restrictive policy regarding IT security; most cloud solutions are forbidden. We have an on-premises Skype for Business instance.
In one of our projects, involving only a small ...
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How to Install Skype domain-wide
You know Live Messenger is over and we have to migrate to Skype. I got two choices to do that on 40+ computers under the domain.
Give standard users permission to install software.
Automatically/...
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Skype performance in IPSEC VPN
I've been challenged to "improve Skype performance" for calls within my organisation.
Having read the Skype IT Administrators Guide I am wondering whether we might have a performance issue where the ...
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Cisco IOS PBR - PBRing Skype
I've got a very simple question, which seems to be extremely difficult when put into practice.
I have a Cisco IOS router with two Internet links (one over a WAN, through a proxy, everywhere, etc.) ...
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Cheap Solution for Routing a Toll Free Number to a Standard POTS Number
I do some technical work for an Internet Radio Show/Podcast, and need to fix something that has been broken for a while. The hosts have a Skype-In number to take listener calls, and for convenience ...
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Block skype using iptables
Any way to block skype from our network using IPTABLES ?
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Outlook showing the wrong Meeting type (Lync instead of Skype)
I'm currently experiencing an issue after setting up and integrating a Skype for Business 2015 test environment with Exchange 2019.
I have a windows client with Office 2013 located in the LAN, and on ...
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Skype for Business 2015 Edge server import certificate installation issue
We are installing Skype for Business server 2015 for testing purposes. I used StartSSL to get free certificate for Skype for Business Edge server. I followed the installation instructions from Jeff ...
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Skype Cannot Connect Through Squid3 Proxy Server
Been trying to figure this out for a while to no avail...
I have a squid3 proxy server setup on a separate machine on a different network. I'm using the digest user protocol to store access usernames ...
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Does anyone provide a Skype connection service?
Is there a way of offering Skype access to incoming calls while keeping all telephony traffic over our chosen business telephony provision? Is there a 3rd party who can route incoming Skype calls to ...
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Skype for Business calls behind pfSense dropping after five seconds
I'm having a problem with Skype for Business (Lync) disconnecting behind a pfSense firewall after exactly 5 seconds. It's an odd problem, and I've opened a ticket with Microsoft, but thus far, that ...
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How do I configure iptables in DD-WRT to block Skype on br1 only?
Using DD-WRT on a Linksys router, I've got a private network set up as br0 and a guest network set up as br1.
I want to block access to Skype on only the guest network, and the easiest way I've seen ...
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integration between Skype For Business Online and Exchange 2010
I've been searching and searching for ages now, on how to integrate Skype For Business online with an on-premises Exchange 2010.
More specifically I want to be able to see free/busy (availability) in ...
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How different is "Skype Connect" from "Skype for Asterisk"
We already use "Skype for Asterisk" channels to connect Skype to Asterisk PBX. Skype has a new offering called "Skype Connect" (or formerly "Skype for SIP"). What are the differences?
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Is there a single point-of-reference that lists the release dates for the Live Communications Server (and other related client/server applications) [closed]
Whilst I've been able to find historic information relating to the Live Communications Server (and subsequent versions as it was rebranded), what I haven't been able to find is a definitive list of ...
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Connect Skype For Linux Beta through proxy
How are you guys?
I'm getting the following issue. I was trying to fix it of several ways but without success.
In our organization, to navigate through internet, you need to configure the proxy server....
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Skype for Business Server 2015 set up on Standard Front End Server
I'm following this link to set up a skype for business server 2015.
http://windowspbx.blogspot.in/2015/05/installing-skype-for-business-2015.html
I dont understand if we really need two server ...
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Skype for Business 2015 - Enable AD users
I have installed Skype for Business 2015 into a test lab environment and am now struggling enabling any users.
I have created three new AD users - [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected].
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Skype for Business 2015 (SfB) / Skype Federation and Public Skype Directory search
So I successfully deployed Skype for Business 2015, registered our PIC at https://pic.lync.com, successfully ran Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer at https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/ (says ...
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Logging skype in enterprise
Are there tools or settings that can be used to log all conversations (text, voice if possible, file transmission) in enterprise environment? Folks want to use skype, but can't record same way as with ...
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blocking skype through websense
How do I block Skype using Websense?
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skype network monitoring
Can Skype chats be monitored/read by a internal network or sysadmin? Can I company store chats you make in skype and read them? I can't find a clear answer for this on the net. Also, are chat history ...
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Is there any way to find who recorded conference in skype for business
We have to find out who has recorded a conference (I mean who pressed a record button during conference) in our s4b 2016 onprem. Is there any way to achieve this?