[asterisk-users] Configuring Softphone

[Edwin Lam]

On 12/7/10 10:20 PM, Jeroen Eeuwes wrote:
>> host = dynamic
>> defaultip = dynamic
>
> The defaultip line says to Asterisk that this phone is found at the
> IP-address associated with the hostname "dynamic". I'm pretty sure
> that if you try a command like "ping dynamic" on your command line it
> will not return the IP address of your phone.

actually "host = dynamic" is correct if the client doesn't have
a fixed ip address. however "defaultip" should set at a fixed
ip address if the client is not registered from anywhere.
normally i'd just omit the "defaultip" parameter.

also is your softphone and/or asterisk box behind NAT?


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