Comments on: 5-Minute VoIP: Deploying a SIP to Google Voice Gateway

By: Srini Tirumalai

Srini Tirumalai — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:37:57 +0000

I ran into trouble getting my GoogleVoice account authorized on Bill Simon’s website – the login attempts were declined by Google as a security measure. I was able to get past it using the application-specific password setup — see instructions at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833

Once I had the Simon Connection information, I was able to configure the Zoiper client on my iPhone and both incoming and outgoing calls worked like a charm.

In case, it helps anybody else, here are the Zoiper 2.14 for iPhone settings that worked for me:
• Account type: "SIP Account"
• Account name – Simon // can be anything
• Domain – gvgw1.simonics.com // Simon Server name
• User name – GV19991234567 // Simon Username
• Password – Xyzkk // Simon Secret
• Caller ID – 19991234567 // Your Google Voice number

By: Ray Vill

Ray Vill — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 15:08:42 +0000

I used Google Voice + Simonics with my Linksys PAP2v2 device and I was able to send and receive calls. I did not have to do any of the FREEPBX parts, is the software inside of the PAP2v2 device acting like the PBX in this case?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:21:03 +0000

If you don’t want to give the gateway your *real* password, enable Google’s 2-step verification, and generate a password for this application. That way, you can revoke it later if you decide not to use the service. I’ve just done this, and it’s working great! Thanks for the article!

By: trr

trr — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:21:56 +0000

Thanks , you really help me with google voice settings issue.

By: teraflop

teraflop — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:17:19 +0000

works perfect. tons of thanks.

By: Bogdan

Bogdan — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:14:46 +0000

Thank you very much for the tutorial. I’ve setup everything and both outgoing and incoming calls work (even if my account is logged in in other places as well). I’m just not getting the inbound audio on incoming calls even though the outbound audio is fine (the party can hear me). Probably a temporary glitch 🙂

By: JohnFrost

JohnFrost — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:14:32 +0000

I followed the steps above and outgoing calls only works out. I’m having a problem with incoming calls.

[WM: Make sure you’re using a dedicated Google Voice account that is not open elsewhere. If this doesn’t fix it, try restarting Asterisk. If all else fails, head to the PIAF Forum for support.]

By: Marin

Marin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:53:59 +0000

Great stuff! Worked for me like a charm. Many thanks for sharing this with the public

By: terrylbs

terrylbs — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:43:25 +0000

New registration for the Google Voice Gateway is temporarily disabled. If you have registered already, you can use the form below to get your SIP registration credentials or delete your gateway registration. https://simonics.com/gvgw/. Does anyone know why and if registration will be opened back up?

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:12:14 +0000

This doesn’t work at all. Nothing is working inbound our outbound. "asterisk -vvvvv" enabled.. I keep getting ‘service not available’ when attempting to place an outbound call.

‘>sip show peers’ returns that the trunk is OK (104ms) so I believe that asterisk is registered with simon but everytime I attempt to call the GV number from a land line it just rings and finally goes to Google VM. I see no debug messages at all on my Asterisk box.

Sorry, but the writeup is leaving out some key steps here for dummies like me.
2/10

(Using Elastix 2.3.0 Stable)

[WM: Switch to PIAF. Works like a champ out of the box. All Asterisk servers are not created equal. 😉 ]

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:36:37 +0000

Hi, I am a complete newby but was able to get the first two major steps setup however, I can't get my outbound calls to work. PBX says I have 1 trunks online & 1 trunk registrations. This is a brand new PBX install FreePBX 2.9.0.11 the only changes to it, have been your instructions. I am most likely missing additional steps. I have a PAP2 connected to the same info and it and a softphone SIP are taking the inbound calls fine. However I cant get anything besides a busy signal on outbound. Any suggestions? [WM: If you have support issues, ALWAYS head to the PIAF Forums. Having said that, you're starting at the wrong end of the learning curve if you're new to all of this. Come back on Monday, July 9, and start with Incredible PBX 4. It literally does everything for you. Once you're comfortable with the feature set, you can move on to more advanced topics such as YATE.]

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:32:58 +0000

I’ve been visiting your site every once in a while past couple of years, hoping that one day I’ll read.. "At last.. Google SIP is here to stay.. " I’m still using the good old pygooglevoice script, but I sense and dread it will stop working one of these days.. Thank you for sharing all these new ideas, they’re fun to read about.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:13:24 +0000

Thanks for writing up this guide, it’s working perfectly for me! 🙂

By: Nerd Uno

Nerd Uno — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:50:37 +0000

If you have trouble getting your Google account authorized on Bill Simon's site, try this.