Mike, we seem to be running in circles in this discussion that doesn't end. Just to be clear - If you set up an IPsec tunnel between these two locations, and attached Polycom phones to the remote network, they will register onto your sipXecs server as if they were sitting physically in the same building as the sipXecs.
As Tony has stated previously, you can also use other types of tunnels for this, your choice. The idea is to extend the sipXecs network into the other building so it appears as one network if that meets your design requirements. However, should you lose your internet connection, you will have phones that are an island. You should put something at that site to provide at least 911 coverage - like a gateway with a couple of FXO ports you can dial out with. Audiocodes has the ability to do this, as I'm sure others do too. Additionally, you could put another sipXecs box there that operates as another node on your network, or as a separate system with system to system networking between them. Yes, it would be cool if pfsense could run on a Linksys box, try it on one of your 100 boxes, I'm sure the PFsense board can help on that. -----Original Message----- From: sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org [mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org] On Behalf Of m...@grounded.net Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:32 AM To: sipx-users Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers Someone mentioned something along the lines of the remote office not even needing a sipx box. The office is running polycom 550 phones but I've never done a remote polycom setup. My limited knowledge of this would be that I should take the phones, update them to a certain level, bring them back to his office, set up the usual firewall/router (non ALG) that allows the phones to connect to our sipx box over IP and voila, all done. That might be even simpler than putting a sipx box at their end assuming I can get it right. This thread has been most useful in many ways. _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/
