[Asterisk-Dev] Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and SIP phones

[James Sharp]

On Oct 7, 2004, at 5:56 PM, Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:49:56 -0400 (EDT), alex at pilosoft.com
> <alex at pilosoft.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, only it wouldn't be "correct" - You have no idea if 66.250.54.1 
>> and
>> 66.250.54.9 are on the same subnet (in fact, they aren't), as you 
>> have no
>> idea what is the netmask in use.
>
> Yes you do.
>
> We are only talking about the scenario where the Asterisk server is on
> the LAN where the phones are. So the netmask will be the netmask of
> that NIC of the Asterisk server which is used to talk to the local SIP
> phones.

That's a bad arbitrary limit to place.  If Joe Coworker and I are in 
the same remote office space, but we're registered to an Asterisk 
server in East Pango Pango, then a call between us has to go from our 
office to Pango Pango and back instead of across the room.