Turning Your PC Into a LAN-based Intercom? 25
AugstWest asks: "With all of the VOIP projects all over the net, and more and more of us geeks installing machiens in every room in the house, it hit me that we've got all the wiring and hardware necessary for a full-house intercom installed.
Software, however, is another story. None of the VOIP projects I've been able to find can be easily adapted to instant-on lan voice communications. With a microphone hooked up to all of the machines throughout the house, shouldn't it be simple to set up instant-on voice software? I've scoured the net for it, does any already exist?"
Its called a telephone. (Score:4, Funny)
Security (Score:4, Funny)
Therefore, I would not be inclined to install software that would allow people to listen in to conversations in my house.
If I had kids I definitely wouldn't run the software
My parents had an old style intercom
Simple Solutions (Score:4, Funny)
1. Get up and go talk to them (unless you have a really big house.
2. Do what I do. I page my kids via the yell command and they usually reply via the what? response. This isn't always going to work because of collisions, crosstalk, and limited bandwidth but it doesn't cost that much, is cross platform, and very portable.
Re:Simple Solutions (Score:2, Funny)
Sometimes the 'demand' and 'ultimatum' commands don't even get through.
Actually the problem could also be due to packet filtering. It is possible that they have a rather neat packet filter that filters out all those commands.
Oh well...