[Asterisk-Users] SIP phones to Asterisk using MAC address insteadof IP address

[Giles Coochey]

> Hi,
> 
> I know this can be done but I guess I am not understanding 
> the few notes 
> I have seen on this - can SIP phones be tied to Asterisk 
> using a PC mac 
> address instead of their IP address (obviously I am using DHCP). If 
> someone could please point to the right Wiki or How to I 
> would greatly 
> appreciate it.
> 

I would do this by using IP reservations on the DHCP server. Most DHCP
servers will allow you to set a reservation of a paricular IP address to
a particular MAC address.

You may not be able to use this if you have more phones than available
IP addresses of course.

I couldn't see anything in
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+sip.conf that would help
your cause directly.

Giles