Category: VoIP
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IP Phone Configuration: SIP Proxy Server
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What is the ‘SIP Proxy Server’ setting on an IP phone? It might be called something different on your IP phone In their wisdom, each manufacturer has made different decisions about the naming of data parameters on their IP phones. So if you look at a Snom phone it uses different names to those on […]
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SIP Registration Explained
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How does SIP Registration work and why is it needed? Registration – what it is and why it is necessary IP Phones (and SIP clients in general) need to register with a central server mainly because this allows the phone’s location to be known when it is required to receive an incoming call. The “location” […]
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SIP Servers Explained
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What are SIP Servers and why are there so many? SIP and SIP Servers – a brief explanation SIP is a general purpose Session Initiation Protocol that can be used as the basis for a range of services that extend beyond VoIP to video, Presence and beyond. It is a powerful and highly versatile protocol […]
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High Availability and Failover options for SIP and Asterisk
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Overview What’s the disaster we are trying to avoid? The assumed scenario is this: Some kind of centralised VoIP service is being offered to a number of users; the service operates on servers located at a data centre or office and the users each have a SIP client device, such as an IP phone, that […]
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VoIP Gateways Explained
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Basic Function of a VoIP Gateway A VoIP gateway provides the interface between the IP telephony network and the conventional public switched telephone network (PSTN). For example, a gateway can be used to link a VoIP call to a PRI-30 ISDN trunk, a BRI two channel ISDN circuit or an analogue line. In fact, a […]
