Skype-SIP gateway

Does anyone know if you can setup a Skype-to-SIP gateway on your network?

I tried Uplink, which works wonders, but only on Windows and with Skype on the same machine... It would be awesome if you could put that program on any machine and then use it as a gateway for Skype, from another machine. With port forwarding maybe?

Basically I'm trying to use Skype in Linux as a softphone for our Asterisk PBX. Are there any other solutions? Without going into Asterisk maybe?

Solution 1:

If you can keep your Asterisk PBX in the game, it looks like Skype is interested. The Skype for SIP Beta program maybe what you're after. This way, any SIP or IAX2 client may have Skype incoming and outgoing access.

Solution 2:

There is already an available channel for Skype that is a Linux native, but with some limitations @ chanskype. You must have X server and the Skype binary installed. That is, I guess the only Linux viable option, while waiting for Skype for Asterisk to come out of beta.