Thanks to all for the great advice. So - the upshot as I am able to discern it is I really can't use tinyDNS with sipX?
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Andreas (Around the Clock Information Systems) <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mr. Ehle, > > > > I too had some difficulty getting DNS set up correctly for > sipXecs. I found the explanation at > http://sipx-wiki.calivia.com/index.php/DNS_Configuration helped out A > LOT. At our location, the sipXecs server is the only machine not running > Windows. Trying to extrapolate the information found at > http://sipx-wiki.calivia.com/index.php/DNS_Configuration and converting > that into something that makes sense in the Windows world was a bit of a > challenge, but I did finally get it working. I would recommend that if you > continue to have problems with DNS, that you consider using BIND (the DNS > Server that sipXecs natively supports) that is part of the sipXecs > Installation Single CD. The reason I say that is because I found out after > that fact that Windows DNS services do not support these kind of entries: > > > > example.com. IN NAPTR 2 0 "s" "SIP+D2T" "" _sip._ > tcp.example.com. > > example.com. IN NAPTR 2 0 "s" "SIP+D2U" "" _sip._ > udp.example.com. > > > > . . .whereas BIND does. > > > > IRT your question “*does the sipx server have a TFTP server in > it*” the answer is YES. The full path to the sipXecs TFTP root is > /var/sipxdata/configserver/phone/profile/tftproot . > > > > See your original quoted E-Mail below for the rest. . . > > > > Andreas > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mark Ehle > *Sent:* Thursday, May 28, 2009 1:59 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [sipx-users] Complete sipX newbie needs help > > > > Folks - > > I am trying to get sipx working on my network - It looks like great stuff! > I have a server loaded from the live CD, it is running fine, and I am able > to talk to it through the web interface. I have some Linksys SPA941's that I > would like to test it with, and some SNOM 320's on the way, too. > > I have some questions about how to set up my network with sipx. The DNS > adviser complains about a lot of records that I do not have in my DNS > server. I am using a pfsense firewall and it uses tinydns. Does anyone have > any experience configuring this? > > Also - does the sipx server have a TFTP server in it, > > See my comment above. . . > > does the system use one, and can I use the one that is already on the > network? > > Yes you can. Please see > http://sipx-wiki.calivia.com/index.php/DHCP_Configuration for more > information. Please note in the example below. . . > > option tftp-server-name "*your sipxpbx hostname*"; > > . . .that you would need to replace *sipxpbx* with the hostname of your > existing TFTP server. Also note that if you do not use the TFTP server on > the sipXecs box, you will probably have to place the phone configuration > and/or firmware files on your non-sipX TFTP server manually, which in my > opinion would be more trouble than it’s worth. sipXecs has some awesome > phone configuration features built in to it. If you decide to use a > different TFTP server, I’m thinking that you will cancel those out unless > you use something like RSYNC to somehow synchronize > /var/sipxdata/configserver/phone/profile/tftproot with the TFTP root of your > other server (my two cents). > > Is there a spiX for dummies anywhere? > > I have found the sipXecs Wiki to be an invaluable resource! Make sure to > check it out. . . http://sipx-wiki.calivia.com/index.php/Main_Page > > I have been following this list for a number of days now, and it would > appear that most of you all already have a system up and running and know > what you are doing. > > Thanks! > > Mark > > > >
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