[asterisk-users] Can Asterisk bridge between a SIP client and a Cisco Call Manager server?

[Shocky]

Hi,

This is probably outside what Asterisk is intended for, but I'm hoping it can 
help.

I need to make and receive calls through a Cisco Call Manager server that I 
have no control over. I have to use a Cisco soft phone (Cisco IP 
Communicator), which only runs on Windows. But I'm on Linux. CCM is 
apparently capable of supporting SIP and H.323 interfaces, but they won't 
provide this option for me. Right now I'm using a VMWare XP guest to run the 
soft phone, but this is painful (especially with some VPN complications 
thrown in).

I've read that Asterisk supports SCCP, at least somewhat. I'm wondering if I 
could set up Asterisk on my desktop machine to route calls between a SIP 
client such as Kphone or Ekiga and the CCM server. Would this be possible?

I heard that one of the problems in interfacing with CCM over SCCP is the use 
of proprietary codecs. Would this be a problem in my case?

If there's a chance it can be made to work, I'll give it a try. If I'd be 
wasting my time, please let me know.

Thanks,

Shocky
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