Andy Spitzer wrote: > Woof! > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:41:22 -0400, Damian Krzeminski > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> - new improvement: let user to select 'use DNS' option on Edit Server >> screen - it will force sipXconfig to resolve the hostnames when >> generating >> configuration (it's for admins who want to rely on independently >> configured >> DNS server) > > Is that a dynamic button on the screen like: > Lookup IP address [woof.us.nortel.com] > > Or is it just a "when I get around to creating the config file, use DNS to > lookup woof.us.nortel.com? > > I'd prefer the former, so the user can: > A) See if DNS is working right now. > B) See that the IP address returned makes sense > C) Know exactly that the IP address shown will be in the one in the > config files. > > So, instead of making them type an IP address, they can enter a host name > or fqdn, and sipXconfig will look it up right then and there, and use the > looked up value as if it was typed in.
Yes. That's what I prefer as well. The lookup should happen while you are looking at the screen and the address is displayed and stored. You have to enter IP address there, so if the lookup fails you won't be able to proceed without entering the address. > > The latter sounds problematic in case DNS isn't available at the time the > config is generated, or if it happens to have changed since they last > looked. > Agreed. That would have all the issues that were raised when I asked my stupid question... D. _______________________________________________ sipx-dev mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev
