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----- Original Message ----- From: "kaiduan xie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 12:10 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie's doubt on sip.conf > Andrew, > > Thanks for help. But you still doesnot answer my > questions. Please see the inline comments. > > BTW, I use "Getting Started with Asterisk" as > reference > (http://www.automated.it/guidetoasterisk.htm#_Toc49248767). > > Thanks, > > kaiduan > --- Andrew Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > kaiduan xie wrote: > > > 1) Can I have two or more SIP phones acting as > > > extensions in one Asterisk box, and at the same > > time, registered to a > > > SIP proxy, say Free World Dialup? If yes, how? > > > > Your phone would have to support registering with > > more than one sip server. > > It may seem like what you want, but I doubt it is > > necessary. > > In my case, each SIP phones register with FWD, and was > assigned a extension. I can put more register for each > phone in sip.conf. For example, > > register => 21103:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/1000 > register => 21104:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2000 > > My concern is how to setup the [fwd.pulver.com] > > [fwd.pulver.com] > type=friend > secret=mypassword > username=my fwd number > host=fwd.pulver.com > > since there are two FWD numbers, should I set secret > and username for each SIP Phones? > > Also, you still doesnot answer my question, what is > the use of section [fwd.pulver.com]? Why we need > secret and username in [fwd.pulver.com] since we > already provide it in "register => > 21104:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2000"? > > > > 2) Why we need a section in the sip.conf for the > > > proxy, say, Free World Dialup's fwd.pulver.com? In > > the > > > case of 1), how to assign the value to section > > [fwd.pulver.com], > > > since there are more than one sip phone, each with > > different FWD > > > number? > > > > You should be able to register and listen for calls > > from multiple fwd > > numbers and direct them to different extensions. > > > > > 3) Can anyone explain the meaning of "peer", > > "friend", > > > "user" in more details? For each case, what is the > > > role of Asterisk in SIP world, a UA, a proxy, or > > > others? > > > > Peer: A connection that sends calls to asterisk. > > User: A connection that asterisk sends calls out to. > > Friend: an attempt at a combination of both, to > > simplify set up of phones > > that send and receive calls. (There are several > > people here who will tell > > you friend is evil.) > > Just to complain that the definition of "peer", > "user", and "Friend" is not self-explained, :) > > > > 4) If we only use SIP phone as extensions in > > Asterisk, > > > the SIP phone doesnot associate with outside > > proxy, > > > does Asterisk act as a proxy for inter-extension > > call > > > between the SIP phones? In this case, for the > > outgoing > > > call originating from SIP phone to other network, > > > say, PSTN, does Asterisk act as a gateway? (PSTN > > > connection with Asterisk is assumed.) > > > > Hmm, let me give brief examples of things you can > > do(* = asterisk): > > sip phone -> * -> sip phone > > sip phone -> * -> hardline adapter -> PSTN or > > T1/E1/BRI/etc. > > sip phone -> * -> other voip service(fwd, iaxtel, > > etc) > > sip phone -> * -> other voip service(voicepulse, > > nufone, iconnecthere) -> > > PSTN > > > > Most(if not all) of these can be turned around so > > that they are still valid > > reading right to left. > > > > ----- > > Andrew Thompson > > http://aktzero.com/ > > http://www.retirequickly.com/43653 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
