====== FreePBX configuration examples ======

Be careful with some of the examples, or guidelines, which you see in the FreePBX configuration screens.

For example, if you add a new SIP extension, fields like "User Extension" and "Display Name" are empty, so you can fill them in with whatever you want.

When you go to set up a Trunk, however (either SIP or IAX), you'll find a "PEER Details" (I have no idea why the word peer is written in all capitals) window, which contains:
<code>host=***provider ip address***
username=***userid***
secret=***password***
type=peer</code>

Do **not** think that you just need to replace "provider ip address" (and no, I do not know why the abbreviation IP is not in capitals here) with the provider's IP address.

The asterisks are there to confuse you, and you must replace "%%***provider ip address***%%" with the provider's IP address.

So, correct:<code>host=192.0.2.42
username=Cu5t0m3rID
secret=53cr3tp455w0rd
type=peer</code>

Incorrect:<code>host=***192.0.2.42***
username=***Cu5t0m3rID***
secret=***53cr3tp455w0rd***
type=peer</code>


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