From: Olle Johansson Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:07:27 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add a better explanation of the difference between the device namespace and the dialp... X-Git-Tag: 1.4.24-rc1~101 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=566429c300140943831c623ed10024b68b36a8be;p=thirdparty%2Fasterisk.git Add a better explanation of the difference between the device namespace and the dialplan for newbies. git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.4@171837 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3 --- diff --git a/configs/sip.conf.sample b/configs/sip.conf.sample index 25bbb7735a..c55f71bc6f 100644 --- a/configs/sip.conf.sample +++ b/configs/sip.conf.sample @@ -22,6 +22,25 @@ ; module reload chan_sip.so Reload configuration file ; Active SIP peers will not be reconfigured ; +;------- Naming devices ------------------------------------------------------ +; +; When naming devices, make sure you understand how Asterisk matches calls +; that come in. +; 1. Asterisk checks the SIP From: address username and matches against +; names of devices with type=user +; The name is the text between square brackets [name] +; 2. Asterisk checks the IP address (and port number) that the INVITE +; was sent from and matches against any devices with type=peer +; +; Don't mix extensions with the names of the devices. Devices need a unique +; name. The device name is *not* used as phone numbers. Phone numbers are +; anything you declare as an extension in the dialplan (extensions.conf). +; +; Note: The parameter "username" is not the username and in most cases is +; not needed at all. Check below. In later releases, it's renamed +; to "defaultuser" which is a better name, since it is used in +; combination with the "defaultip" setting. +;----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [general] context=default ; Default context for incoming calls