I can think of the following solutions:
- Buy a phone with multiple lines and program the credentials in the phone
I've got a 7940 with 2 -> but I need about 4 (no I don't have a 7960 hanging around). This isn't a scalable solution, especially when you don't want to have to explain to the wife how to dial ...
- Use Asterisk next to ser and have a prefix routed to asterisk.
Configure asterisk to register with the proxy.
Yeah, I've tried Asterisk - I got it to register and thought you beauty, it'll solve my problems, but it just got in the way trying to do all the media recoding etc - I want to use G.729 but it won't let me - some calls worked, some wouldn't - very ugly.
I'm not sure, but maybe when a b2bua module is made ser could act as a UAC and register with other proxies.
I think this is quite important - running a SIP gateway for residential use is going to be more and more common. I'd really like to see this bit happen so that a Linux Gateway can be setup (maybe a modified version of one of the firewall/mail server distribution ones) so that anyone can get a basic machine, drop it on the network, plug some phones in and get in/out dial working quickly.
Kind regards,
Geert Nijpels