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Bonjour Peers

This chapter talks about how LoudHush uses Bonjour

Bonjour Peers

When LoudHush starts up, it announces its presence in the local domain. It also looks for other LoudHush users from this domain.

To see other LoudHush users from your local network, open the Bonjour Peers drawer. This can be achieved by clicking the corresponding item from the Window menu

To call (direct IAX dialing, i.e. without going through the Asterisk server) a bonjour peer, double click his or her name from the Bonjour Peers view. LoudHush will enter Peer-To-Peer mode and dial the IP address of the peer you are trying to call.

Peer To Peer

To enter Peer To Peer mode, enter colon (:) in the main window. The mode indicator at the top left of the view will change to show peer to peer mode. You can now enter the IP address (or name) of the person your are trying to call

Note: In peer to peer mode, your remote party hears audio from your computer's microphone even before answering the call. This behavior is normal and not a LoudHush bug

If LoudHush cannot reach the remote peer (firewall problems, remote peer not available, etc), it will display a warning regarding the quality of the network connection.