Re: multiple gnugk instances / neighbor feature

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Hi Charles,

since you say you are running this over a VPN anyway, why don't you
connect all endpoints to one gatekeeper that runs in routed-mode ? That
way only the signaling would go through a central office, but media
would go directly.

Regards,
Jan


Charles McLaughlin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like some help and advice on GnuGK.  I have three offices and each 
> one has a Polycom VSX 7000 video conference unit.  The offices are 
> connected by a VPN, so the Polycom units currently communicate directly 
> without a gatekeeper.  I'm experimenting with GnuGK to make it easier 
> for my staff to use H323 desktop software such as Ekiga or Xmeeting to 
> connect to the Polycom units.
> 
> So far I've followed section 5 of the manual (Routed Mode and Proxy 
> Configuration) and also section 6 (Routing).  I got the routed/proxy 
> configuration working.  Thanks.  A user can video conference with the 
> Polycom unit in that office from their desktop through the gatekeeper. 
> But I only have this setup for one office - I don't want to route/proxy 
> all of the H323 traffic from the three offices through any one office. 
> And this breaks the Polycom units from talking to each other since 
> they're not all registered with that one gatekeeper.
> 
> So I think I'll need to run a GnuGK instance in each office.  I've 
> looked at the "neighbor" functionality, but can't figure out how to 
> proceed.  Do I need to add some config options so that if someone in 
> office A tries to connect to a video conference unit in office B or 
> office C the gatekeeper in office A will forward the request to the 
> gatekeepers in office B or C?  How do I do that?
> 
> Thanks,
> Charles


-- 
Jan Willamowius, jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.gnugk.org/

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