Adding SIP extensions

After having a system properly connected to the PSTN, let's configure the internal extensions and endpoints. Before creating any extensions, we need to choose the correct type of extension to meet our requirements.

The types of extensions supported by Elastix are described in the following table:

Type of extension

Description

Generic SIP device

This type of extension is an IP extension supporting the SIP protocol.

Generic IAX2 device

Any IAX2 device is an IP extension supporting the IAX protocol.

Generic ZAP device

If we want to configure an analog or digital extension (BRI) supported by the ZAP/DAHDI driver, we must select this option.

Generic DAHDI device

Same as the ZAP device type.

Other (custom) device

This ...

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