[asterisk-users] Invalid host name

[Gareth Blades]

leonimar cape wrote:
> Hi Group,
> 
> Is there anyway to force asterisk to use the ip address instead of the hostname 
> in the sip via header.
> 
> Our client's gateway is using a not FQDN as the hostname of their gateway. And I 
> am suspecting that the asterisk is dropping the call because it could not 
> resolve the hostname. 
> 
> I am also thinking to assigned it in the hosts file of my asterisk server so 
> that in can resolve it internally but the problem is that, the clients has 3 
> gateways with the same hostname.
> 
> 
> I am really desperate to resolve this issue. Any suggestion will be much 
> appreciated.
> 
> By the way I am using asterisk 1.4.27.1
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mac 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Have you tried setting NAT=yes as that should cause asterisk to send the 
reply back to the IP address it originated from.