Administrator’s Guide SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP

Outbound Proxy <outboundProxy/>

This configuration attribute is defined as follows:

 

Permitted

 

 

Attribute

Values

Default

Interpretation

 

 

 

 

voIpProt.SIP.outboundProxy.address

dotted-deci

Null

IP address or host name and port of a SIP

 

mal IP

 

server to which the phone shall send all

 

address or

 

requests.

 

host name

 

 

 

 

 

 

voIpProt.SIP.outboundProxy.port

1 to 65535

5060

 

 

 

 

 

voIpProt.SIP.outboundProxy.

DNSnaptr or

DNSnapt

If set to Null or DNSnaptr:

transport

TCPpreferre

r

If voIpProt.SIP.outboundProxy.address is a

 

d or

 

hostname and

 

UDPOnly or

 

voIpProt.SIP.outboundProxy.port is 0 or

 

TLS or

 

Null, do NAPTR then SRV look-ups to try to

 

TCPOnly

 

discover the transport, ports and servers, as

 

 

 

per RFC 3263. If

 

 

 

voIpProt.SIP.outboundProxy.address is

 

 

 

an IP address, or a port is given, then UDP is

 

 

 

used.

 

 

 

If set to TCPpreferred:

 

 

 

TCP is the preferred transport, UDP is used if

 

 

 

TCP fails.

 

 

 

If set to UDPOnly:

 

 

 

Only UDP will be used.

 

 

 

If set to TLS:

 

 

 

If TLS fails, transport fails. Leave port field

 

 

 

empty (will default to 5061) or set to 5061.

 

 

 

If set to TCPOnly:

 

 

 

Only TCP will be used.

 

 

 

NOTE: TLS is not supported on SoundPoint

 

 

 

IP 300 and 500 phones.

 

 

 

 

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Polycom SIP 3.1 manual Outbound Proxy outboundProxy, This configuration attribute is defined as follows
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