Cisco Systems ATA 188 manual Using the Cisco ATA Without an H.323 Gatekeeper, Gateway, GkOrProxy

Chapter 4 Basic and Additional H.323 Services

Important Basic H.323 Services

Using the Cisco ATA Without an H.323 Gatekeeper

You can use the Cisco ATA without using an H.323 gatekeeper, as this section describes with the following topics:

•Using the Cisco ATA With an H.323 Gateway but Without an H.323 Gatekeeper, page 4-6

•Using Multiple Cisco ATAs Without an H.323 Gatekeeper, page 4-6

Using the Cisco ATA With an H.323 Gateway but Without an H.323 Gatekeeper

You can use a Cisco ATA with an H.323 network that does not contain an H.323 gatekeeper. In this scenario, all calls initiated from the Cisco ATA are directed to a specified H.323 gateway. To specify this H.323 gateway, you configure its IP address using the Gateway parameter, and you disable the H.323 gatekeeper feature by setting the GkorProxy parameter to 0.

Note For all calls sent from the H.323 gateway to the Cisco ATA, the E.164 number assigned to each of the Cisco ATA FXS ports must be included in the H.225 Setup message, either in the DestinationAddress field or the Q.931 CalledPartyNumber field. The Cisco ATA will reject the call if it cannot find its E.164 number in the H.255 Setup message.

Related Configuration Parameters

•Gateway, page 5-12

•GkOrProxy, page 5-15

Using Multiple Cisco ATAs Without an H.323 Gatekeeper

You can make calls from one Cisco ATA to another Cisco ATA in an H.323 network that does not contain an H.323 gatekeeper.

For one Cisco ATA to access a specific FXS port on another Cisco ATA, you use an IP dialing procedure. The Cisco ATA originating the call must have the following information about the destination

Cisco ATA:

•E.164 phone number of the destination FXS port

•IP address of the destination Cisco ATA

To enable the IP dialing procedure, you need to set the IPDialPlan parameter to 1 to instruct the Cisco ATA to look for the destination IP address in the dialed digits.

Example

Cisco ATA X is going to initiate a call to Cisco ATA Y (with the following pertinent information):

•IP address of Cisco ATA Y—192.168.2.112.

•E.164 phone number for the Phone 1 port of Cisco ATA Y—1:5556666

•E.164 phone number for the Phone 2 port of Cisco ATA Y—2:5558888

To call the Phone 1 port on Cisco ATA Y, you would dial 5556666**192*168*2*112#.

To call the Phone 2 port on Cisco ATA Y, you would dial 5558888**192*168*2*112#.

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