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Edit the hosts file in linux
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For my trixbox server I need to edit my hosts file so that it knows where to go when I specify sip.broadvoice.com. Here is an example.\nlogin to the console\ntype in vi /etc/hosts\nedit the hosts file with your IP and the hostname this should resolve to\nhit the ESC key then :wq for write and quit.