> I do not think there is no special configuration required if you > have multiple DID in a trunk except to make sure that they are properly > routed to extensions or AAs via aliases.
So as far as you know, leaving the name/password out will not affect anything and the gateway entry will be used like any other gateway, regardless of channels. Thank you very much for your input on this. > On 12/31/2011 12:18 AM, m...@grounded.net wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:59:38 +0800, Joegen Baclor wrote: >>> I won't touch the subject of VPRI because it is not relevant to the >>> actual issue. >> I simply meant a virtual pri which is a term I saw somewhere and figured >> it's pretty self explanatory anyhow. >> I'll explain it in case someone comes across this thread. >> >> The term "Virtual PRI" is just marketing but obviously, it is becoming >> very well known with voip providers. >> It is more or less just a billing method for a pool of channels which >> multiple DID's can be used over. Basically the SIP version of a physical >> PRI. >> Say you need 8 simultaneous calls, you order a virtual PRI with 8 >> channels. That will allow you to have 8 active calls. >> It is SIP based which means it doesn't have the usual PRI signaling or a >> physical copper circuit requirement. >> >>> either authenticated via user name or password or via an ACL which we >>> here call IP Auth. What receives them on the other end can have any >> Usually, when using an ITSP, we just set up a gateway on Sipx which >> allows for name/password for authentication. >> >> However, when I spoke to a flowroute support tech, he told me that if I >> used a virtual pri, that I should allow the pbx to authenticate via IP >> rather than user name and password. He said this would prevent each >> server from having to authenticate multiple times and that it would be a >> bit better on their side. >> On the flowroute gui, there is an 'inbound routes' section which allows >> one to define routing and authentication for each DID. >> >> So my question is about sipx and how I can make use of the virtual PRI. >> If I don't use the name/password authentication section in the Gateway >> fields, >> >> What I don't know is if Sipx might have any configuration requirements in >> order to use the multiple channels. >> >> In the Gateway/Details/ITSP Account section, there is a Username and >> Password section. If I leave these blank and flowroute is set to use >> IP/Auth, will sipx see this gateway as a multi channel one (like my >> audiocodes MK2 for example) or is there something else I need to set up. >> >> Mike >> >> >>> On 12/30/2011 06:10 AM, m...@grounded.net wrote: >>>> I need to install 4 separate sipx systems in four separate locations. >>>> No >>>> interoffice communications. >>>> All of the sipx systems could benefit from the use of a VPRI rather >>>> than >>>> traditional. >>>> >>>> I use ITSP's for individual lines when we need an area code that our >>>> local telco cannot handle. >>>> On sipx, I usually just create an ITSP device in the gateway section >>>> and >>>> let it authenticate via user name/password. >>>> >>>> In this case, due to the number of lines per server (4 to 8), it >>>> doesn't >>>> seem like a good idea to authenticate each and every DID individually >>>> for >>>> example and would prefer using an IP based authentication for the >>>> whole >>>> server. >>>> >>>> I'll be using flowroute for the systems but am not sure how to >>>> configure >>>> sipx to authenticate once based on IP over a user name/password. I >>>> don't >>>> see anything which would allow me to do this in the Gateway >>>> configuration >>>> section. >>>> >>>> Can someone shed some light on this please. >>>> >>>> Thanks very much. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/ _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/
