[asterisk-gui] Trunks/Service Providers

[Trevor Benson]

So don't do service provider, just trunk, and don't use username or
password, just IP? That will disable registration and just build a 'guest'
trunk?  Or am I totally mixed up?

Trevor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-gui-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-gui-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tony Mountifield
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 3:26 AM
> To: asterisk-gui at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-gui] Trunks/Service Providers
> 
> In article <013e01c92a3c$4dc59ad0$e950d070$@com>,
> Trevor Benson <tbenson at a-1networks.com> wrote:
> > I know this sounds sort of mundane, but can someone give me a brief
> example
> > of how service providers and trunks in Asterisk GUI 2 are used? I
> setup
> > trunks between systems all the time, and using the trunks interface
> of the
> > GUI I always seem to run into some weird thing where I am not placing
> the
> > correct values in each side.
> >
> > I am assuming that 2 systems will be trunked on IAX, and registering
> to
> > eachother.  Each one will have its own usename and password for the
> > registration phase.  Thus HostA would send 'HostA' as its user with a
> > password, and HostB would send 'HostB' as the user and password.
> >
> > Am I missing something?  It just seems like the GUI wants a single
> username
> > and password for both sides, or am I just not grasping how its
> setting up
> > the 'service provider' or trunks?
> 
> As I understand it, registration is only required when a host on a
> dynamic
> IP address needs to inform the other end of that IP (in order to
> satisfy a
> host=dynamic, so that the fixed host can initiate calls to the dynamic
> one).
> 
> So having both ends of a link register to each other doesn't make
> sense,
> since at least one end must be on a known fixed IP address.
> 
> If both ends are on fixed IPs, just specify those IPs in the iax
> contexts
> and don't bother with registration at all.
> 
> Or is there another factor in registration that I have missed?
> 
> Cheers
> Tony
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