All endpoints are peers, in the broad sense of "entities in sip.conf". This includes phones, gateways, provider endpoints, etc.
When a phone makes a call through an Asterisk server, it initiates a call leg to Asterisk, which is matched to a sip.conf peer. Asterisk then initiates a second call leg through another sip.conf peer, and bridges the two legs together. Both are anchored by peers. The "type" of the peer (the type= setting) is a configuration detail that changes some minor aspects of how the endpoint is treated, but whether the type is "friend", "peer", etc. it's still a peer. They are largely the same. -- This message was painstakingly thumbed out on my mobile, so apologies for brevity, errors, and general sloppiness. Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems LLC 260 Peachtree Street NW Suite 2200 Atlanta, GA 30303 Tel: +1-678-954-0670 Fax: +1-404-961-1892 Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ On Oct 23, 2011, at 5:46 AM, Elliot Murdock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > It seems from the Asterisk documentation, a User places phone calls > into the Asterisk server and a Peers accepts phone calls from the > Asterisk server. > > However, according to the document describing the "register =>" > command for sip.conf, it seems that Peers can in fact place calls into > an Asterisk system. Is this correct and how is this working? > > Thanks, > Elliot > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
