[Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk and XLite on same machine (OSX)?

[Steve Kann]

Aldo Bergamini wrote:

>asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com is believed to have said: 
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>>Dear all,
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>>I have tried to run an asterisk instance together with XLite on a single
>>machine (a PowerBook).
>>The intent is to take advantage of IAX connections to easily cross NATs
>>while traveling.
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>>While the IAX setup proved 'easy', just having to fiddle a little with
>>working configs at both sides, I did not succeed so far in getting XLite
>>to connect to the local Asterisk server, AND be able to make a call.
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>>Strangely enough I can obtain again the login of the softphone, but I
>>still get a 'call not approved' for any dialed number.
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>>Activating sip debug peer xxxx does not show anything while dialing; and
>>no error/message shows in the Diagnostic Window of XLite.
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>I solved the problem!
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>It's completely unrelated to Asterisk. XLite does not support multiple
>accounts: I must have misinterpreted the meaning of the list of different
>proxies that can be found under "SIP".
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>As I already had a setting for use inside the office LAN, I wanted to
>leave it untouched; therefore I was adding more configurations in the
>next configuration entry points (Proxy 1, Proxy 2, etc).
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>As soon as I simply edited the first configuration I got online in no time.
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>So for any reason XLite seems either to have a bug with multiple
>configurations or just not support more than one different extension.
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>(ok to me: it's a free 'lite' version; I can't really complain!)
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>In the end I will simply get into my office extension over IAX2.
>Fine enough...
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Why don't you just use an IAX softphone in the first place, instead of a 
SIP softphone, plus asterisk in the middle?