Re: [Ekiga-list] how to bypass SIP server and call a computer directly?

["Rene Bartsch" <ML Bartschnet de>]

> "michel memeteau" <michel memeteau gmail com> writes:
>
>> I think putting Whatever Ipadress will work.
>
> Thanks for this information!
>
> Testing seems to indicate that XYZ IPADDRESS, IPADDRESS,
> sip:XYZ IPADDRESS, and sip:IPADDRESS all seem to work similarly.
>
> What is the rule here?  It seems that the â??sip:â?? prefix is the default
> and can be omitted.  What is used for the part to the left of the â?? â??
> when it is omitted?


Depends on the receiver. The syntax is <user>@<host>:<port>. When using standard ports, you don't
need <port> (defaults to 5060). <host> is either domain or IP. Some soft- and especially
hardphones demand for a <user> while others don't. The AVM Fritzbox is much more special as it
only calls callees with a SRV record. But often <ip> only works.

But there's one special case in Ekiga. Alphanumeric addresses are interpreted as "sip:" while
numeric-only addresses are interpreted as ENUM addresses.


Renne