Well, I was trying to play around with the SipX install; however, it has hard dependencies on the DNS setting. Since this is a test environment, I wasn't about to change setting in production firewalls/DNS servers in order to accommodate. Just too risky. Thinking out loud.. I think will probably need to set up an isolated network with a DNS server with some hardcoded values... This way the system "should" work.
Johannes On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Johannes, > > DNS is not particularily hard to setup, although it involves setting up a > glue records on your ISP or registrar. > > What DNS server do you intend to use? > > John Van Ostrand > Net Direct Inc. > > CTO, co-CEO > 564 Weber St. N. Unit 12 > map > > Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6 > > [email protected] > Ph: 866-883-1172 > ext.5102 > Linux Solutions / IBM Hardware > Fx: 519-883-8533 > > > > Johannes Vanderknyff <[email protected]> wrote on 02/19/2010 > 01:21:24 PM: > > > > > And that is the problem I am having to try and get a working SipX test > > environment.... Apparently it is dependent on having a working DNS > > environment up. > > > > Johannes > > > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Jim Van Meggelen > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Thanks to all for the helpful feedback. > > > > > > I don't think we have the basis for a talk, yet, but it's good > information > > > regardless, and I appreciate it. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/18/2010 6:11 PM, Jim Van Meggelen wrote: > > > > > >> I'm hoping to learn a bit more about DNS. > > >> > > >> I get it in theoretical terms, but the devil is in the details. > > >> > > >> Let's say I have my website atwww.mycompany.com > > >> > > >> The MX record points to my email provider somehow, and that seems to > be > > >> easy enough to set up. > > >> > > >> But how about having SIP calls to go to my PBX (which may or may not > have > > >> a hostname)? > > >> > > >> There are a few things that I can't quite get the hang of: > > >> > > >> 1. should I give my PBX a hostname such as pbx.mycompany.com? > > >> 2. should I make that a zone, and run a DNS server on my PBX? > > >> 3. how do I getsip:[email protected] <getsip%[email protected]> < > getsip%[email protected] <getsip%[email protected]>> > to > > >> go tosip:[email protected] <tosip%[email protected]> < > tosip%[email protected] <tosip%[email protected]>>? > > >> 4. should I just have the main DNS handle sip requests with the IP > > >> address of my PBX, and forget about the zone/server > pbx.mycompany.com? > > >> 5. should I be giving all my devices a hostname? do I allow those > > >> hostnames to be handled by DNS? what about NAT and security? > > >> > > >> I'm not looking for answers to all this in an email per se, but more > > >> asking if somebody is willing to do a talk for us that might help > > >> demystify all this? > > >> > > >> BTW, even though I am clearly not qualified to speak on this topic, > I'm > > >> a pretty quick study, I have experience with both speaking and > training, > > >> and so would be more than willing to do some of the grunt work and > > >> presentation work necessary to present this to the group, if that > helps > > >> any of you who have the know-how, but perhaps aren't comfortable > > >> speaking to an audience. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > > Jim Van Meggelen > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 > > > > > > "A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three. > > > This makes me rich." > > > Guy Kawasaki > > > -- > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
