[VoIP] SIP question

[David Josephson]

Kirt Stanfield wrote:
> It has been my impression to date, that when two SIP phones are using 
> the same network, the actual data packets are exchanged directly between 
> them.
>
> Without thinking about it I have been assuming that this is also the 
> case when the call is handled by asterisk.
>
> However I have had someone say to me that this is not the case, and that 
> in that case, the data packets go through Asterisk.
It depends on whether canreinvite=yes in your sip.conf

See a good explanation at 
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+sip+canreinvite

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David Josephson