[asterisk-users] Getting better Caller ID

[Olivier]

2016-07-07 22:28 GMT+02:00 Kevin Larsen <kevin.larsen at pioneerballoon.com>:

> > Hello,
> >
> > We use Asterisk and as per book we use MAC addresses as user names.
> > So, when call coming in from outside (SIP trunk) - caller id is good.
> >
> > But when users calling each other on extensions - they see MAC
> > addresses. How would I make it so we see actual names instead of MAC
> > addresses? Without changing users..
> >
> Do you have a line like the following in your sip.conf for each user?
>
> callerid="Name Here" <number here>
>

This is true and any SIP phones can be configured to pass a configured
Callerid value when dialing out.
This can be different from user name.

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