[asterisk-users] Using MAC or extension number as SIP identifier

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Philipp Kempgen wrote:
> Olivier schrieb:
> 
>> For a long time, I was wondering if I should use MAC address instead of
>> Extension number to identify SIP endpoints (as I'm mostly not using
>> softphones).
>>
>> Before diving into this, I wondered how people using MAC address are using
>> CLI as it seems more natural and simple to type
>> "sip show peer 4566"  as opposed to "sip show peer 00147F784512".
>> Is there something obvious I'm missing (auto-completion ? aliasing ? ...) ?
> 
> SIP accounts are about users (not extensions or devices).

No, SIP "accounts" are about devices.  There is nothing in sip.conf 
(except maybe the callerid= settings) that tie the information to a 
specific user.  In fact the same user can use multiple devices, all 
listed in sip.conf.

Personally I use the MAC-x wherex=the line appearance number.  MAC-a for 
first line appearance, MAC-b for 2nd, etc.

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