Sip.conf confusion!

Asterisk Asterisk General
1

Hello,
I m little confused about context name and username in sip.conf file , i tried to search it on internet but couldn’t find particular explanation on this, i hope i will get answer here (i m new to asterisk)…

This is my code and by this when i register to sip client , i successfully register…

[harry]
type=peer
username=harry
secret=potter
host=dynamic
context = welcome

my account setting in sip client, xlite
username:harry
Authorization user:harry
password:potter
Domain:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx

it works fine , but when i use this code in sip.conf–>

[harry-potter]
type=peer
username=harry
secret=potter
host=dynamic
context = welcome

now i cant connect to sip client… even username is same
so what is the use of username in sip.conf???

2

Please refer to www.asteriskdocs.org

3

Hello,
Please change username=harry-potter, I think the both of them must be the same. but i’m not sure

4

The primary documentation (sip.conf.sample), for 1.6.1.0, says

[quote]; 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.[/quote]

Which means it is the username used for outgoing calls befor the phone has registered, and assuming that defaultip is also set.

This should have been asked on Asterisk Support.

5

yeah thanks for the answer, but username is needed when we use register in sip.conf
the def says

I think username is required for this , correct me if i m wrong :smile:

6

Different user name.