
Chapter5–ConfiguringthePhoneBook
90 MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways
Add/EditOutboundPhoneBook:FieldDefinitions(continued)
FieldName Values Description
SIPFields
UseProxy Y/N Selectifproxyserverisused.
Transport
Protocol
TCPor
UDP
VOIPadministratormustchoosebetweenUDPandTCPtransmissionprotocols.
UDPisahigh‐speed,low‐overheadconnectionlessprotocolwheredatais
transmittedwithoutacknowledgment,guaranteeddelivery,orguaranteed
packetsequenceintegrity.TCPisslowerconnection‐orientedprotocolwith
greateroverhead,buthavingacknowledgmentandguarantees
deliveryand
packetsequenceintegrity.
SIPPort
Number
5060orother
*SeeRFC3087(“Controlof
ServiceContextusingSIP
Request‐URI,”bytheNetwork
WorkingGroup).
TheSIPPortNumberisaUDPlogicalportnumber.TheVOIP“listens”forSIP
messagesatthislogicalport.IfSIPisused,5060isthedefault,standardor“well
known”portnumberused.If5060isnotused,thentheportnumberistheone
specifiedintheSIPRequestURI(UniversalResourceIdentifier).
SIPURL sip.userphone@hostserver,
where“userphone”isthe
telephonenumberand
“hostserver”isthedomain
nameoranaddressonthe
network
Lookingsimilartoanemailaddress,aSIPURLidentifiesauser'saddress.
InSIPcommunications,eachcallerorcalleeisidentifiedbyaSIPURL:
sip:user_name@host_name.The
formatofasipURLisverysimilartoanemail
address,exceptthatthe“sip:“prefixisused.
SPPFields The–SSseriesofMultiVOIPsdonotsupportSPP
UseRegistrar Y/N
SelectthischeckboxtouseregistrarwhenVOIPsystemisoperatinginthe
“Registrar/Client”SPPmode.Inthismode,oneVOIP(theregistrar,assetin
PhonebookConfigurationwindow)hasastaticIPaddressandallotherVOIPs
(clients)pointtotheregistrar’sIPaddressasfunctionallytheir
own.However,if
yourVOIPsystemoverallisoperatingin“Registrar/Client”modebutyouwant
tomakeanexceptionanduseDirectmodeforthedestinationpatternofthis
particularAdd/EditPhonebookentry,leavethischeckboxunselected.Alsodo
notselectthisifyouroverallVOIPsystemisoperatingin
theDirectSPPmode–
inthismodeallVOIPsarepeerswithuniquestaticIPaddresses.
PortNumber numeric Whenoperatingin“Registrar/Client”mode,thisistheportbywhichthe
gatewayreceivesallSPPdataandcontrolmessagesfromtheregistrargateway.
(ThisabilitytoreceivealldataandmessagesviaoneportallowstheVOIPto
operatebehindafirewallwithonlyoneportopen.)
Whenoperatingin“Direct”mode,thisisthePortbywhichpeerVOIPsreceive
dataandmessages.
Alternate
Phone
Number
numeric PhonenumberassociatedwithalternateIProuting.
Remote
Deviceis
[legacyVOIP]
Y/N Whenchecked,thisMultiVOIPcanoperatewith‘first‐generation’MultiVOIP
unitsinthesameIPnetwork.TheseincludeMVP‐110/120/200/400/800.
Thisisnotavailableforthe–SSseriesofMultiVOIPs.
Advanced
button
GivesaccesstosecondarywindowwhereanAlternateIPRoutecanbespecifiedforbackuporredundancyof
signalpaths.ForSIP&H.323operationonly.