[Asterisk-Users] reverse lookup when dialing an extension?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Jeremy Koski wrote:

> I'm using Cisco 7960 phones with asterisk. When I dial extension 200 
> from my phone, it displays on the screen that I'm dialing 200. Is there 
> a way to have the phone look up the callerid value in sip.conf and use 
> that information instead of the dialed extension number?

At this time, no. The target of the call is not a 'peer' (which has 
CallerID), it's a 'user' (which doesn't). We have some semi-firm ideas 
on how to move in this direction, but it will take some planning and 
coding for the next major release to be able to support 'connected 
party' identification.