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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Both work.<br>
If you have enough IP addresses to dedicate one to your Asterisk
server, that removes one node in the path from the world.<br>
You will need a firewall on the Asterisk server to protect it from
outside meddling.<br>
If you can put the Asterisk server on the same network as the SIP
devices (using a second NIC) that should help performance.<br>
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Is the SIP network on the same network as your internet/data LAN?<br>
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Ron<br>
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On 04/01/2016 1:15 PM, IPN Comm wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">I was wondering if
anyone can give me any pointers or insights of whether or not
to have an asterisk server behind a firewall.</span>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">I have always ran Asterisk on a
public IP but was wondering if I should move it to a local IP
behind a firewall.</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">I am looking to set up a location
with 300 SIP phones. </div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">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.</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">Should I move the asterisk server
behind the same router?</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">If so, how should the server be
set up and what is the best router/firewall hardware to
accomplish this environment?</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks,</div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px">-H</div>
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