[Asterisk-Users] SIP (peer to peer?)

[Olle E. Johansson]

Wim Venneman wrote:

> 
> Has anyone have an idea why, if you capture the files on a Asterisk 
> network (ex with Ethereal) you always see the communication between the 
> two sip phones( hard or soft) passing through the asterisk server (on 
> UDP layer)
Yes.

> Isn't SIP a protocol that (after that it has established the call) , he 
> connects the two users with each other?
Yes it is, but Asterisk is not really a SIP proxy, it's a PBX with SIP
channels.

Read here:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+sip+canreinvite

/Olle