Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):Setting up the trunk to use SIP Outbound Service

VoIP: Setting up the trunk to use SIP Outbound Service

1. Log onto the Trixbox Configuration and Administation screen
2. Select FreePBX
3. Select Setup.
4. Select Tunks
5. Select the add SIP Trunk.
   
6. General Settings Section
   Outbound Caller ID:Enter your Outbound Caller ID (You must use a number that you have either purchased from Free Virtual Numbers or a number you have registered as a number that you own)
   Maximum Channels : Enter the number of outbound channels you wish to allocate.
   
7. Outgoing dialing Rules Section
   Dial Rules : This is where you can set up a dailing rule for the trunk. You can set the system up so that you have to prefix the number with 9 to dail using this trunk or you can get more complicated and set the rule so that dialing certain numbers results in this trunk being used. Please see the Trixbox help for further information on the syntax.
   Dial rules wizards: You Can add Prefixes to numbers, remove prefixes and use a lookup to replace prefixes.
   Outbound Dial Prefix : If you Trixbox is behind another PBX and this requires you to dial a 9 to access an outside line this is where you configure this.
   
8. Outgoing Settings Section
   Trunk Name: This is a descriptive name that you give to the Trunk.
   PEER Details: Enter the following lines in this box
   host=sip.freevirtualnumbers.co.uk
   type=peer
   
9. Incoming Settings Section
   All entries should be blank.
   
10. Registration Section
    Leave the field blank and select Submit Changes.
    
11. You will need to select the General settings Option from the main setup screen and set the Security Settings "Allow Anonymous Inbound SIP Calls?" to be YES and select Submit Changes.
12. Finally select the red bar at the top of the screen to reload the Configuration files.
13. You have now set up the SIP outbound connection to Free Virtual Numbers, you must now set up your "Outbound Routes" rules.