03-11-2013 08:51 AM - edited 03-16-2019 04:11 PM
Hi Folks,
I have a H323 phone device that can listen on multiple ports. However, CUCM 8.6 uses the IP address as the name of the device during registration. Is there a way to register the device with the same IP multiple times but with different ports?
Thanks a ton.
03-11-2013 09:53 AM
H323 is peer to peer protocol and does not register with CUCM, if you are building the device as H323 Phone then you can change the port under "Signaling Port" field.
HTH,
Chris
03-14-2013 12:31 PM
Hi Chris,
I appreciate the response. Let me explain a bit further...
By registering, I meant entry into the CUCM device page.
The H.323 would be entered as a H323 phone client. However, the NAME field has to be unique... and it has to be the IP address of the H.323 device. But since, my device has only 1 IP, there is no way to enter it multiple times with different signaling ports. My question is, is there a way around this issue.
Thanks...
03-14-2013 01:11 PM
That is an interesting question. I haven't messed with a H323 phone device in quite some time. For H323 gateways, I believe you can use a DNS name for the Device Name. I can't recall doing it this way in production but it may be worth exploring further. My current lab system is a bit of a mess or I would test this out for you. The idea (theory, if you will) is that if you had different A records in DNS (e.g. myphoneA.company.com, myphoneB.company.com, etc.) that point to the same IP address then you may be able to navigate at least that part of the challenge.
The other thing you could do is that there is a service parameter in CM (Accept Unknown TCP Connection) that allows you to disable the authorization mechanism that CUCM uses. By default, CUCM will refuse to establish H.225 sessions with an entity that isn't configured as a H323 trunk or gateway (not sure about phones). You can turn this off and then the name of the device isn't as important for ingress (egress is still a consideration you would need to handle). I don't recommend turning this parameter off but it may play a role in your eventual solution.
If it were me, I would test out the DNS option first.
HTH.
-Bill
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