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MultiVOIP User Guide Embedded Gatekeeper

Getting Started with the Gatekeeper- Equipped MultiVOIP

MultiVOIP units equipped with embedded gatekeeper functionality (MVP210G, MVP410G, or MVP810G) require configuration of their gatekeeper parameters before they can control a group of voip gateways. (This configuration is in addition to setting the technical parameters and phonebook parameters that are needed for the gateway functionality of these MultiVOIP units.)

Gatekeepers can be configured to enact a wide range of functionality, but they are primarily node points that direct and manage traffic to other endpoints. The essential question of “whose messages go where?” can be answered either by a gatekeeper that acts as a coordinating node or clearinghouse for the system or by phonebooks coordinated among the set of peer endpoints (gateways) that make up the system.

In its role as a node point, the gatekeeper directs call traffic between pairs of endpoints engaged in the call. To facilitate this node-point control, all endpoints (voip gateways) must be registered with the gatekeeper. This registration is done in

the Gatekeeper Existing Endpoints screen.

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