Before a JIRA improvement request is raised, I wanted to ask opinions and
solicit information on this field in sipxconfig.

I was asked to look at a system that had remote user traversal issues.
Within a short period of time going through the system, I found the
following field in sipxconfig had been entered as such:

System>Internet Calling>Intranet Subnets

192.168.1.1/24

Which is NOT a network address, and should have been entered as
192.168.1.0/24.

Once this was corrected it resolved some of the overall configuration
issues.

My statement and question is this:

Statement:

I don't have a problem with this being a free-form field, because I can use
a subnet calculator in my head or do binary math on a napkin to make sure
this is entered correctly.

Question:

Should the code behind this page disallow the entry if the network/mask is
an invalid one? Or should it be lefty alone?


I don't have a problem either way, it's really a low level improvement
request to me, but I wanted to know if this is a common mistake that could
be prevented with more logic behind the curtain. Perhaps provide a subnet
calculator internally as a guide for those who don't have access to one that
is readily available? In either case )logic or app) it is more coding, and
is a waste of time if it is not a common issue.

Comments please?

Thanks,

Tony



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