Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
It will auto-complete if you hit tab, just like the shell. But I would recommend against it. I can't really think of a good reason to do it. 'sip show peer 268' I can remember to see that status of extension 268 when somebody calls and says I can't dial 268. Whereas 'sip show peer

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Steve Howes
On 20 Nov 2008, at 16:14, Daniel Hazelbaker wrote: Any reason you want to use the MAC address? Bet he used to use Cisco ;) ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Philipp Kempgen
Olivier schrieb: For a long time, I was wondering if I should use MAC address instead of Extension number to identify SIP endpoints (as I'm mostly not using softphones). Before diving into this, I wondered how people using MAC address are using CLI as it seems more natural and simple to

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Olivier
2008/11/20 Philipp Kempgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Olivier schrieb: For a long time, I was wondering if I should use MAC address instead of Extension number to identify SIP endpoints (as I'm mostly not using softphones). Before diving into this, I wondered how people using MAC address are

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Olivier
2008/11/20 Daniel Hazelbaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] It will auto-complete if you hit tab, just like the shell. But I would recommend against it. I can't really think of a good reason to do it. 'sip show peer 268' I can remember to see that status of extension 268 when somebody calls and says I

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
On Nov 20, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Olivier wrote: 2008/11/20 Daniel Hazelbaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any reason you want to use the MAC address? If it is just for easy provisioning, I just put a MAC address field in the realtime SIP table and use a php script to take the phone's MAC address and feed it

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Eric ManxPower Wieling
Philipp Kempgen wrote: Olivier schrieb: For a long time, I was wondering if I should use MAC address instead of Extension number to identify SIP endpoints (as I'm mostly not using softphones). Before diving into this, I wondered how people using MAC address are using CLI as it seems

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Olivier
2008/11/20 Eric ManxPower Wieling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally I use the MAC-x wherex=the line appearance number. MAC-a for first line appearance, MAC-b for 2nd, etc. Is it easy to use (CLI, logs...) ? Would you step back to an extension-based identification scheme ?

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Eric ManxPower Wieling
Olivier wrote: 2008/11/20 Eric ManxPower Wieling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally I use the MAC-x wherex=the line appearance number. MAC-a for first line appearance, MAC-b for 2nd, etc. Is it easy to use (CLI, logs...) ? Would you step back to an extension-based identification scheme ? I

Re: [asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

2008-11-20 Thread Philipp Kempgen
Eric ManxPower Wieling schrieb: Philipp Kempgen wrote: Olivier schrieb: For a long time, I was wondering if I should use MAC address instead of Extension number to identify SIP endpoints (as I'm mostly not using softphones). Before diving into this, I wondered how people using MAC address