[Asterisk-Users] Ok... what is 'sip show peers' really used for?

[Douglas Garstang]

Hang on a minute.... If the astdb file is not used when realtime is in effect, how the heck can I make calls to phones that aren't in the 'sip show peers' list? (hint: I CAN make calls to phones not in the peer list, but in astdb)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olle E Johansson [mailto:oej at edvina.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:57 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Ok... what is 'sip show peers' 
> really used
> for?
> 
> 
> 
> 23 mar 2006 kl. 19.16 skrev Douglas Garstang:
> 
> > I'd love to understand what the function of the peer list returned  
> > by 'sip show peers' is for, especially when Realtime is used.
> >
> > If I start Asterisk with realtime enabled, a 'sip show peers'  
> > yields none. As each peer (phone) registers, or a call is made to  
> > the peer, Asterisk adds them to the list returned by 'sip show  
> > peers'. Correct?
> >
> > Apparently Asterisk doesn't refer to thie list however, when  
> > deciding where a peer is located. It uses astdb instead (I have  
> > rtcachefriends=yes).
> 
> NO. We don't use astDB during operations, only at reload of  
> registered static peers. I said it before, didn't I?
> >
> >
> > So... what's the point of this? Is it used for anything? It looks  
> > like it uses it for voicemail, but that's it. Ie if the peer isn't  
> > in 'sip show peers' then voicemail does not get delivered, EVEN if  
> > it's in astdb.
> sip show peers shows the in-memory peers, static peers or cached  
> realtime peers. Those get
> MWI notification and qualify= checks. This is documented in 
> many places.
> 
> >
> > Also, if all my phones are defined as friends, why does a 
> 'sip show  
> > friends' return a smaller list than 'sip show peers'??? If the  
> > phones are all defined as friends, which are both peer and user,  
> > then a 'sip show friends' should return all the phones, but 
> it does  
> > not.
> >
> "Sip show friends" should generate an error message, since that  
> command does not exist.
> 
> 
> /O
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