[Asterisk-Users] SIP URLs

[David McNett]

On 08-Dec-2004, Alex Barnes wrote:
> The reason its probably not working is because your Xlite is sending the
> request to the Asterisk.
> The Asterisk isn't a SIP proxy hence all it does is see if it recognises
> the addressee.

This isn't strictly true.  A SIP proxy is one solution to this demand,
but there's no reason asterisk can't be made to route URI-based calls
just as easily as it routes number-based calls.  The mechanics for asterisk
to route a call to "555-1212" are no different than the mechanics involved
in asterisk routing a call to "sip:nugget at slacker.com". 

I have published my dialplan which allows asterisk to route both URI-target
and number-target calls.  http://slacker.com/~nugget/asterisk7.php

-- 
David McNett <nugget at slacker.com>
http://slacker.com/~nugget/