Douglas Hubler <dhub...@ezuce.com> wrote on 25-05-2012 01:52:58: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Gerald Drouillard > <gerryl...@drouillard.ca> wrote: > >> List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ > > I think you can get as crazy as you want with this. I believe the > > ultimate in interfaces for managing the services on the server is > > webmin. It is very rare that you cannot do anything you want within webmin. > > then we should make sure webmin works. Did you typically install > webmin on sipxecs systems before or just thinking ahead?
I think it is important that there is at least also a UC interface where the important things for the UC system can be set. Like certain DHCP options. > > > You > > just cannot take over being the DHCP server without going in and > > shutting it off on whatever else is on the network. I can see a lot of > > people bringing down their network without knowing what they are doing. > > I think the current 4.4 way is the correct way of doing it. > > y, dhcpd is off by default > > > The page > > that goes out and looks at the current settings on the network is good. > > If you don't know how to change your current DNS or DHCP server then > > you should get assistance from somebody that does before installing a > > phone server. It is only going to get harder when their firewall is not > > working either. > > > > > I think we have to be careful on who we are targeting > > on the "install" phase. > > install is trivial now. it's about what you enable. so far it's been > a much better experience. you can ramp up services once you get a > certain level of the install. it's better than have acd stats service > failing after install when you don't even plan to run a call center. > > > There is no harm in the server being configure to be a DNS and ntp > > server for the UC devices. But that can be misleading as those settings > > can be superseded by the "real" DHCP server on the network. > > The DNS doesn't have to be the same that your entire company uses. I > cannot find a good reason not to run the DNS. IP address management is a reason why the "company DNS" should at least reflect the A records of IP addresses that are used. Running your own "UC DNS" means handing out a different DNS server address to UC devices. This is difficult, especially when they run on the Desk/Laptop (it's impossible). That would mean all office devices use the "UC DNS" > > > Don't forget all the option settings in dhcp like: > > sip-servers-name > > boot-server > > "Dynamic DNS reverse domain" and "Dynamic DNS domain name" could also > > come into play for both DNS and dhcp. > > everything is available via a template to we're definitely looking for > feedback for some real world systems > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list > sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/
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