[asterisk-users] Asterisk Behind Firewall

[Ron Wheeler]

Both work.
If you have enough IP addresses to dedicate one to your Asterisk server, 
that removes one node in the path from the world.
You will need a firewall on the Asterisk server to protect it from 
outside meddling.
If you can put the Asterisk server on the same network as the SIP 
devices (using a second NIC) that should help performance.

Is the SIP network on the same network as your internet/data LAN?

Ron

On 04/01/2016 1:15 PM, IPN Comm wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone can give me any pointers or insights of 
> whether or not to have an asterisk server behind a firewall.
>
> I have always ran Asterisk on a public IP but was wondering if I 
> should move it to a local IP behind a firewall.
>
> I am looking to set up a location with 300 SIP phones.
>
> Normally, I would put the Asterisk server on one public IP and let the 
> SIP phones get DHCP from a router on a different IP and they would 
> register to the Public Asterisk server from that IP address.
>
> Should I move the asterisk server behind the same router?
>
> If so, how should the server be set up and what is the best 
> router/firewall hardware to accomplish this environment?
>
> Thanks,
> -H
>
>


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