11-08-2017 03:04 PM - edited 03-17-2019 07:11 PM
Hi All
According to the Spark documentation, we should be able to make calls from any public SIP system to our Spark SIP address, i.e. my.user@me.call.ciscospark.com
However, when trying to make a call in this way, I just get "hostname not found". If I try and perform an nslookup on me.call.ciscospark.com there are no DNS records publically available.
We have the full Spark full service with Webex, Care & Pro Pack etc so it shouldn't be a license poroblem.
Can anyone advise how third parties can call my Spark SIP URI direct from their own SIP system?
Thanks!
James
11-08-2017 03:49 PM
In this case, a SRV record is used. The SRV record used would be _sips._tcp.<domain>.call.ciscospark.com.
11-08-2017 04:04 PM
Thanks. I checked and can see the DNS record:
priority = 5
weight = 10
port = 5061
svr hostname = l2sip-cfa-01.wbx2.com
But how does a normal SIP endpoint (external to Cisco) know about this? I.e. If I have a phone registered to an Asterisk server, or some third-party SIP standard endpoint, calling my.user@me.call.ciscospark.com doesn't establish the call...
11-08-2017 04:12 PM
Try this for some more info, SIP SRV is spart of the SIP std. see link below for some more info..
https://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+SIP+srvlookup
Goodluck
11-08-2017 04:16 PM
In a standards based video environment, the infrastructure goes through and queries the DNS SRV records pertaining to SIP/H323 to find the destination and route the call as needed. One of the SRV records that is queried is what I mentioned above. In your case, I dont think the Asterisk will do this kind of queries since its a voice endpoint (although I am not an Asterisk expert). If you have a standards based video endpoint like Cisco, Polycom, Lifesize, I would suggest to give it a try and it "should" work.
For some extra reading, refer to the RFC which explains this in detail.
11-09-2017 04:47 AM
Did you happen to see the guidelines in this document? Hope it helps.
11-10-2017 12:36 AM
Hi Guys
Thanks very much, I'll check out what Asterisk supports along with any other SIP endpoints.
Cheers
James
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