[asterisk-users] Purpose of qualify=yes

[Steve Totaro]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Chris Owen <owenc at hubris.net> wrote:
> On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Steve Totaro wrote:
>
>> The other purpose is for DCHP and the IP address of a particular phone
>> may change.  If you hard code the phone and the corresponding entry in
>> sip.conf, you don't need to register or use qualify.
>>
>> If the phone is reachable then it will reply and the call will go
>> normally.  If it doesn't reply, then on with the dialplan.
>
> Now I'm not sure that makes sense to me.  If the IP address of the phone changes and the phone doesn't reregister then yes calls can't get to it but neither can the qualify packets.  I'm not sure how sending a qualify helps here.
>
> Chris
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I think if you re-read my post, it will make more sense.

Look for, "If you hard code the phone and the corresponding entry in
sip.conf, you don't need to register or use qualify."

If it is static, how is it going to change?

Thanks,
Steve T