Adrian,

So in that case I would need to have a PBX, such as Asterisk, or 
FreeSWITCH to handle this case, which would mean the PBX has to be in 
the call path the entire time?

Thanks.



On 9/15/10 12:17 PM, Adrian Georgescu wrote:
> Call transfer using SIP require cooperation between the 3 end-points involved.
>
> On the public internet, which is probably why you want to use OpenSIPS, this 
> does not work primarily because of accounting reasons. You can configure the 
> SIP proxy to route the Refer and Notify alright but as an end-point you will 
> not succeed at instructing for instance  a remote PSTN gateway to transfer 
> the call to some other end-point because you have no trust relationship with 
> it and nobody can be billed for this new call leg.
>
> Handling the routing of REFER in OpenSIPS is trivial but it will not solve 
> your problem.
>
> The only way you can make transfer work reliably is behind the same PBX.
>
> Adrian
>
>
> On Sep 15, 2010, at 6:02 PM, David J. wrote:
>
>>   Seems like when I try to transfer a call from one user to the next, it
>> does not do anything, so I am guessing we have to handle the REFER message?
>>
>> What is the best practice for handling REFER messages?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
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