I am trying to set up a SIP Trunk in freePBX.
Under the PEER Details, I have seen these examples for "type" in a few places:
type=peer
and
type=friend
When does it make sense to user "peer" instead of "friend" or vice versa?
 
SIP Trunk: PEER Details - type=peer vs type=friend
Submitted by bobz on Tue, 10/10/2006 - 4:14am.
Re: SIP Trunk: PEER Details - type=peer vs type=friend
Sat, 10/07/2006 - 12:54am
not 100% sure, but this may help...
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+SIP+user+vs+peer
 
Re: SIP Trunk: PEER Details - type=peer vs type=friend
Tue, 10/10/2006 - 4:14am
This might further explain the differences:
* peer: A SIP entity to which Asterisk sends calls (a SIP provider for example). If you want a user (extension) to have multiple phones, define an extension that calls two SIP peers. The peer authenticates at registration.
* user: A SIP entity which places calls through Asterisk (A phone which can place calls only). Users authenticate to reach services with their context.
* friend: An entity which is both a user and a peer. This make sense for most desk handsets and other devices. Asterisk will create two objects, one peer and one user, with the same name.
Reference:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/
All the details on sip.conf and explanation of all parameters:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+sip.conf
8-)
 
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