[Asterisk-Users] IAX2 Trunking confirmation?

[WipeOut]

John Todd wrote:

>> Hi,
>>
>> My question is in refernece to the posting by Jeremy McNamara here..
>>
>> http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2003-October/022966.html 
>>
>>
>> He states that in order for "trunking" to work the type has to be 
>> peer.. When I set mine up I did so using type=friend just to make it 
>> simple.. So when I read the above posting I thought well maybe my 
>> "trunking" has not been working properly since I set it up (It does 
>> in fact work, I can make and recieve calls over the IAX connection 
>> without any apperent problems)..
>>
>> So a short while ago I opened up my conf files and tried setting the 
>> type to peer from friend (yes I reloaded *).. Guess what??.. The link 
>> no longer worked.. I then tried setting type to user and it is 
>> worked.. So my IAX link works as friend and user but not as peer.. 
>> Seeing as peer was specified as the requirement in order to get an 
>> IAX2 trunk to work properly I am a little confused..
>>
>> Is my setup working when it shouldn't be or have I got something 
>> backwards??
>>
>> Later..
>
>
> Something isn't working right with your system, specifically.  I have 
> many IAX2 configurations set to "type=friend" and "trunk=yes" which 
> work quite well.  I will agree with Jeremy though and say that having 
> large implementations with "type=friend" may cause you headaches in 
> the future depending on what you want to offer to your customers.
>
> JT

John, My setup also works with type=friend and trunk=yes with no 
problems.. I was just wondering why the original email stated that type 
had to be set to peer for trunking to work...