Keith Gearty wrote: > Keith Gearty wrote: > [...]
> Just a thought: It would be really useful if this sort of thing was > changable via the web interface. Most ethernet enabled devices with a > web interface allow you to change the IP and DHCP settings through the > web interface, so I really think SipX should as well. > Having UI that manages your IP address, network settings DHCP, DNS etc. would be certainly nice (even nicer would be not to have to manage them at all). But it's not easy. Especially since it has to take into account all the possible combinations of options. Differently from the devices you are writing about sipXecs can be and is installed on various platforms in various software configurations. I am a big proponent "one tool for one thing" approach. Martin convinced me we have to provide at least some minimal help for DNS, DHCP etc. and we are trying to do that. But he also recognizes that many administrators already have IP networks that are managed and configured using other tools (Windows Server is a popular example). I am certainly all for opening sipXconfig for external services plugins (current service plug-ins support is limited to processes managed by sipx-supervisor). That said: I would be first to admit - there are better tools to manage your box than sipXconfig. sipXconfig manages your PBX and your phones and it does quite a good job doing that. I am open to ideas of adding some level of system support but please realize: as a system admin you have other tools at your disposal: and people on this list will certainly come up with examples. As a project we are in much better position to improve features related to managing your phone/im/conferencing communication infrastructure than to improve your IP network management. Use us for what we are good at. D. _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users
