[asterisk-users] Linking Asterisk with another SIP PBX (or SIP Softswitch)

[Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC]

Yes, you can only send calls to peers, not receive them, so no context= 
needed.
Moj

bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hi Noah;
> 
> The reason that I am asking wether I need to determine
> the context is what I read in the documentation (about
> configuring outbound IAX connections), it did not
> mention the context at all, please read the below
> paragraph (I copy it from the documentation and paste
> it):
> 
> Configuring Outbound IAX Connections:
> 
> While an IAX user receives inbound calls; an IAX peer
> is used to place outbound calls. This section will set
> up iax.conf and extensions.conf so that you can place
> calls. 
> 
> iax.conf Configuration:
> The following entry in iax.conf can be used to place a
> call on the FWD network:
> [iaxfwd]
> type=peer
> host=iax2.fwdnet.net
> username=<fwd-account-number>
> secret=<fwd-account-password>
> qualify=yes
> disallow=all
> allow=ulaw
> allow=gsm
> allow=ilbc
> allow=g726
> 
> As you see that no context written in the iaxfwd peer
> configuration, so how it will work? Is it because the
> type is peer?
> 
> Regards
> Bilal
> 
>> If I need to do a trunk between Asterisk and another
>> SIP softswitch (so Asterisk will send a SIP calls to
>> that softswitch), then I have to configure this on
> the
>> sip.conf file
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
>> And is it the same
>> when I configure iax trunk?
> 
> Not exactly the same, but very close.  Here's a page
> on how to connect
> Asterisk to Cisco Call Manager using SIP:
> 
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+Cisco+CallManager+Integration
> 
> 
>> Should I determine the context in this case for this
>> SIP trunk?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> - Noah
> 
> 
> 
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