Viber comes to PC and Mac

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Viber comes to desktop

Popular messaging app Viber, which already boasts 200 million users, now has you covered on your PC and Mac desktop computers as well as your smartphones and tablets.
 
Richardxtc said:
Anyone know if this will work between PC's over a LAN?
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I'm sure it does, but not sure if its like Skype in that it uses local peer-2-peer traffic only (i.e. I think it might still go over the internet).
 
I tried the Windows installer the other day but it was one of these STUPID IDIOTIC DUMB online installers that just refused to download the install. Who has a link to the offline installer?
 
While its 200-million user base is impressive, it still has a long way to go to match Skype, which boasts 100 million users.
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I uninstalled Viber on my Galaxy S2 because it kept spamming with its "new update" available messages on the status bar, even with background data switched off.
 
Dear Admin, the last sentence in the article makes no sense. Please correct.
 
Richardxtc said:
Anyone know if this will work between PC's over a LAN?
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It will probably be like Skype where the server will only be able to see your public IP, so will give that to the other device. I.e. no local discovery, so it will go to your WAN IP point and then back for the conversation (not all the way out on to the internet). If you want to do PC to PC you can just use a SIP client and call directly. just use @IP-of-destination for the caller in your phonebook. No SIP server required:) If your DNS is set up properly you can use aliases as well.

SIP sets up call by giving each client the others details (IP and port numbers), the actual conversation uses RTP and is point-to-point based on the info the client received using SIP. Skype and Viber will use the same setup, but not sure on the exact protocols and codecs.
 
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