# What hardware and software do I need to use with sipgate trunking? When it comes to choosing hardware and software for your sipgate trunking account you can select from a wide range of products. **Especially suited** * **Asterisk** and Asterisk based PBXs are ideal for Voice over IP and provide all of the functions of a conventional phone system. As soon as your VoIP device has been registered, you can use the full range of functionality. * **3CX** is a software-based VoIP-PBX PBXs provided by the following manufacturers are also especially suited * Grandstream * Gigaset * DrayTek IPPBX * Panasonic * Siemens * Cisco * Aastra --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://teamhelp.sipgate.co.uk/integrations-and-connections/using-sipgate-trunking/what-hardware-and-software-do-i-need-to-use-with-sipgate-trunking.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.