OnSIP Tips from the SIP Maven: SIP Domain Hosting

OnSIP wants to encourage you to use SIP addresses more, and we offer SIP domain hosting as a way to do this. You can have a SIP address that is the same as your ... Product Pricing Promise Blog StartFree 1.800.801.3381 TeamDirectory PartnerwithOnSIP Developers Support App Admin VoIPResourcesVoIPSolutionsVoIPPhoneSystemFAQs OnSIPTipsfromtheSIPMaven:SIPDomainHosting byTimCleves OnSIPTipsfromtheSIPMaven:SIPDomainHosting Myemailaddressistim@junctionnetworks.com.ThatisalsomySIPaddress.IfyouareusingtheOnSIPapp, youcanentermySIPaddressintothedialingfieldandcallmedirectly.ThisisSIPtoSIPcalling.Thecallqualityisasgoodas,orbetter,thantraditionalPSTNcalling,andbestofall,it'sfree.YoucandialSIPaddressesanywhereintheworldandthecallsarefree,regardlessofwhetherthepersonyouarecallingisusingOnSIP. SowhatareSIPaddressesandwhydotheymatter?EverythingwithOnSIPisaSIPaddress.MyphoneisregisteredasaSIPaddress([email protected]),myVMboxhasitsownSIPaddress([email protected]).TheACDSalesqueueIlogintohasaSIPaddress([email protected]).YoucandialanyoneofthoseaddressesfromaSIPphonedirectlyandavoidpayingPSTNminutescharges. YouallhaveSIPaddressesaswell.MostofourcustomershaveauserSIPaddressinthefollowingformat:[email protected](wherethe"example"inthedomainnameistheusernameunderwhichtheaccountwascreated).Thisisfineformostofourcustomers,astheyrarelyuseorpublishtheirSIPaddress.Ithinkthisisabitofashame.SIPaddressesareaneasyandveryflexiblewayofcommunicatingwithotherSIPaddressestomakefreecalls.OnSIPwantstoencourageyoutouseSIPaddressesmore,andweofferSIPdomainhostingasawaytodothis.YoucanhaveaSIPaddressthatisthesameasyouremailaddressandthenhaveonelesspieceofcontactinfoforpeopletoremember. Iownthedomainnamesipmaven.comandI'mgoingtousethatasanexampletoshowyouhowIgoaboutsettingupdomainnamehostingwithOnSIP. HereistheuserinformationformynewOnSIPaccount.MySIPaddressistim@[email protected].   SomeofthelegworkhastobedonebymodifyingtheDNSrecordsofthedomainname.Thesipmaven.comdomainnameishostedbyGoDaddy,soI'llneedtologintotheiradmininterfaceandmakesomechangestomyDNSrecords.Specifically,I'llbechangingtheSRV(service)records. WhenIlogintotheGoDaddydomainmanager,IcanseeanumberDNSrecordsforsipmaven.com.I'minterestedinaddinganewSRVrecord. Ineedtoinsertthefollowinginformationintothevariousfields: Service:sip Protocol:udp Name:sipmaven.com Priority:0 Weight:0 Port:5060 Target:sip.onsip.com TTL:1hour WhenIhavesavedmySRV,theDNSpagewilllooklikethis: We'llhavetowaitupto24hoursfortheSRVchangestotakeeffectandtopropagatethroughtheinternetbeforewecangoaheadandsetuptheSIPdomainhostingwithOnSIP. Nextlogintoyouradmin.onsip.comsiteandgototheaccounttab.You'llseeyouhavetheoptiontoMigrateSIPDomain.Selectthatandthenusethepulldownmenutouseyourownprivatedomainandenteritintheopenfield.Save. PleasenotethatchangingyourSIPdomainwillaffectalltheSIPaddressesinyourdomain. Specifically,anyphonesthatwereregisteredatsipmaven.onsip.comwillceasetoberegisteredandyouwillneedtochangetheproxy/domainsettingtosipmaven.combeforethephoneswillreregister.IfyouareusinganySIPaddressesforservicesliketheInboundBridgetheywillalsoneedtobemodified. NowyouhaveyourdomainnameasyourSIPdomain.MoreinformationonSIPdomainhostingcanbefoundhere. WealsohaveinformationonmodifyingSRVrecordsifyou'reusingRegister.comorNo-IP.comasdomainhosts. LearnmoreaboutVoIPSolutions RelatedArticles OnSIPTips&Tricks:FindMe,FollowMeTypeFeature HowtoUsesaysoWebCallingforSmallBusinessWebsites LearnmoreaboutVoIPSolutions ©2004-2022Intrado.AllRightsReserved. Legal&Privacy| Diversity| Tariffs| Blog&CorporateNews| InvestorNews| Contact