[asterisk-gui] Adding new service providers to providers.conf not possible

[Klaus Ruebsam]

> Hi list!
> 
> I tried: Trunks -> Service Provider -> "+ New Service Provider".
> 
> But the only possibility is to select between "Bandwith (SIP), Simple
> Signal (SIP), Voice Pulse (SIP and Voice Pulse (AIX). Hitting the
> ADD-Button only works if I previously marked one of those mentioned
> providers. How is that list made up. Where does the data come from
> (providers.conf)? But the original providers.conf comes with more data
> than just for those 4. 
> 
> I tried to add a provider manually by changing the file providers.conf
> under /etc/asterisk but that didn´t work at all (the new provider doesn´t
> even get listed. There are already even more providers listed (IAXTEL,
> bandwidth, VoicePulse-sip, VoicePulse-iax, simplesignal, ngt) within
> providers.conf rather than those 4 available in the selection box of the
> Asterisk GUI.
> Strange ....
> 
> 
> Anyhow, but how to add providers such as bluesip, sipgate, 1&1, ... ?
> Meaning a provider that is yet NOT listed in the list of, say "available"
> providers?
> 
> I would expect that I would be asked a couple of questions (mainly those
> data that get´s written to "providers.conf"). Plus a possibility to upload
> a graphic for the provider. But: now way!
> 
> 
> However (which doesn´t imply that I´m happy with the workaround!) I was
> able to add SIP-providers via Trunks -> VOIP Trunks -> "+ New SIP/IAX
> Trunk" but those data ends up in the file users.conf.
> 
> Is that the way it should work? Then please explain the sense that´s
> behind the providers.conf data !?!
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Klaus
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