[Asterisk-Users] 7960G SIP Issue

[Steve Blair]

Joe Greco wrote:

>>Hello all,
>>
>>Just got hold of a CISCO 7960G. Updated the Firmware to the latest 8.2.
>>
>>As you all know it has 6 lines which is why i bought it.
>>
>>Just would like to know from you experts if this piece will connect to
>>6 different providers over the internet or will it only work as 6
>>extns with 1 provider. Im not able to get connected to more than one
>>provider.
>>    
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>I believe the phone is supposed to be able to do it, but I haven't figured
>out just how.  I've got a few in remote locations where we had picked up
>a local number for "line six = direct to the phone" use, and I ended up
>proxying them through the PBX here instead, which is not really that great.
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In the phone config file add

proxy1_address: <provider 1 proxy>
proxy1_port: 5060
proxy1_register: 1

proxy2_address: <provider 1 proxy>
proxy2_port: 5060
proxy2_register: 1

Repeat these definitions for each provider then add the corresponding 
lineX_yyyy parameters as needed.

-Steve

>So you're not crazy...  I suspect it's just a little specific config magic
>that isn't quite set to what the phone wants as it stands.
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>... JG
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