# Skype Connect

## Introduction

Skype Connect provides connectivity between your business and the Skype community. By adding Skype Connect to your existing SIP-enabled PBX, your business can save on communication costs with little or no additional upgrades required.

With Skype Connect, your business can make great value Skype calls and receive calls from your customers using your desk phones. Customers using Skype can call your company’s Skype number with just a click of a button – using the Click & Call feature – making your company easier to reach.

ProSBC is capable to connect your IP-PBX to Skype for low-cost VoIP calls using Skype Connect. This is a simple how-to connecting ProSBC to Skype.

### Prerequisites

* ProSBC devices must be installed as described in their respective installation guides.
* Skype Connect Account

### Typical Skype Connect Sample

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**SKYPE CONNECT CONFIGURATION**

| <p>(Step 1)<br>Create IP Network</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | <p>(Step 2)<br>Create Protocol Stack</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | <p>(Step 3)<br>Create Call Route</p>                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <ul><li><a href="/pages/NQKpeugKPfvYlTTGh7AK">Configuring an IP Virtual Port</a></li><li><a href="/pages/7IjxZtyxERk988tkvjsb">Configuring a VLAN</a></li><li><a href="/pages/ZYQWWTQHLo88LCavuZ5C">Configuring IP Interfaces</a></li><li><a href="/pages/NQKpeugKPfvYlTTGh7AK">Create an IP port range</a></li></ul> | <ul><li><a href="/pages/NQKpeugKPfvYlTTGh7AK">Create an IP port range</a></li><li><a href="/pages/VG69umnT77U6581Yi96D">Create a SIP stack</a></li><li><a href="/pages/jvLDDqDqfgCJs0rS860W">Create a SIP transport server</a></li><li><a href="/pages/0aNbDh4Fvt05NbBm5vzb">Modify profile</a></li><li><a href="/pages/caC9hju5KNDcBruRFiOH">Allocate a SIP NAP</a></li><li><a href="/pages/cUU897A6h3aW5FNdtr9i">Allocate an open SIP NAP</a></li></ul> | <ul><li><a href="/pages/d4TYj9I5RiFaLe6xDXIx">Create a first call route</a></li></ul> |

### Example Configuration

Step by step example Skype Connect with ProSBC configuration.

* [Skype Connect Example Configuration](/configuration-details/configuration-by-use-case/skype-connect-example-configuration.md)

### Troubleshooting

<table><thead><tr><th width="200">Call Trace</th><th width="200">Test Call</th><th width="200">TBReport</th><th width="200">Advanced Troubleshooting of ProSBC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/pages/wANvjzXmam8kffkMPw9X">Configure call trace</a></li><li><a href="/pages/0xUPGJa2HODY3Q6dXomj">Retrieve call trace</a></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/pages/X5qsI1juaiqbPcEAM4kK">Creating a Test Call</a></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/pages/o5WkY2J8kt6xmZ8P9npo">Capture a report of the system</a></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="https://docs.telcobridges.com/wiki/FreeSBC_Troubleshooting">Advanced Troubleshooting of ProSBC</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>


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