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Information to Know Before Starting

Before starting to use these configuration notes, complete the following table to make sure you have the required information to complete the different steps.

IMPORTANT: If you are not familiar with the meaning of the fields and buttons, click Show Help, located at the upper right corner of the Web page. When activated, the fields and buttons that offer online help will change to green and if you hover over them, the description will bedisplayed.
IMPORTANT: The SIP gateway must be configured as a Trunk.
Note: The Mediatrix unit must be reinitialised to its factory default settings to make sure the configuration can be successfully executed.
Information Value Used in Step
IP address used by your Mediatrix unit to communicate with the Management Interface.
  • If your computer is connected to the Ethernet port meant to be connected to the Local Area Network (LAN), i.e. Eth2 on most devices
 Use this value: 192.168.0.10 Logging on to the Mediatrix Unit Web Interface
  • If your Mediatrix unit is configured to use a DHCP server, use the DHCP server-provided IP address.
Logging on to the Mediatrix Unit Web Interface
IP address or FQDN of the SIP Registrar Host Configuring the Default SIP Servers
IP address or FQDN of the Proxy Host Configuring the Default SIP Servers
IP address or FQDN of the SIP Proxy Host of Messaging Server Host (if required) Configuring the Default SIP Servers
SIP username and password of each unit Configuring Unit Authentication
Realm used for each unit. Configuring Unit Authentication
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Basic SIP Unit Registration

This scenario describes how to perform a Basic Sip Unit Registration for the Mediatrix units.

The Network configuration is not covered in this document. For more details on network configuration, refer to the DGW Configuration Guides - Basic Network Configuration published on the Media5 Documentation Portal.

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Logging on to the Mediatrix Unit Web Interface

Before you begin
The computer IP address must be in the same TCP/IP network as the Mediatrix unit.
About this task
For better performances, it is recommended to use the latest available version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox.
Note: You may not be able to log on to the Mediatrix unit Web interface if you are using older browser versions.
Procedure
  1. In your Web browser, enter the IP address at which the Web interface of your Mediatrix unit can be reached.
    • If your network has an IPv4 DHCP server, connect the primary Ethernet port of the Mediatrix unit to the network (ETH1 port), use the provided DHCP server IP address.
    • You can also connect your computer to the secondary Ethernet port of the Mediatrix unit (ETH2), use the 192.168.0.10 IP address. However, the computer must also own an IP address in the 192.168.0.0/24 network.
  2. Enter admin as your username and administrator as the password.
    Note: You can also use public as a username and leave the password field empty; it has the full administration rights by default.
  3. Click Login.
Results
The Information page of the Web interface is displayed.
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Configuring the Default SIP Servers

Context
In some instances, the configuration of the default servers may already be completed.
Steps
  1. Go to SIP/Servers.
  2. In the Registrar Host field, indicate the server IP address or FQDN of the SIP Registrar server .
  3. In the Proxy Host field, indicate the server IP address or FQDN of the SIP Proxy server.
  4. In the Messaging Server Host field, indicate the server IP address or FQDN of the Messaging server, if needed.
  5. Leave the Outbound Proxy Host field empty, unless specifically instructed to set a value.
    Note: Setting the address to 0.0.0.0:0 or leaving the field empty disables the outbound proxy host.
  6. Click Apply.
  7. Located at the top of the page, click restart required services.
Result


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Configuring the Keep Alive feature

Before you begin
IMPORTANT: This is not supported by all SIP servers, this feature is not mandatory in most use cases.
Steps
  1. Go to SIP/Servers.
  2. In the Keep-Alive table, complete the fields as required.
  3. If you selected an alternate destination, complete the fields of the Alternate Destination table.
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Configuring Unit Authentication

Before you begin
The SIP gateway must be configured as a Trunk.

Unit Authentication applies to all challenges received for SIP dialogs. You can define several user names and passwords for the Mediatrix unit. These usernames and passwords apply to all endpoints of the unit.

Steps
  1. Go to SIP/Authentication.
  2. Click Edit All Entries located at the bottom of the page.
  3. In the Authentication table, from the Criteria selection list, select Unit .
  4. From the Realm field, enter the provided realm.
  5. From the Validate Realm selection list, select Enable.
    Note: If no Realm was provided, leave the Realm field empty and from the Validate Realm selection list, select Disable.
  6. In the User Name field, enter the SIP user name.
  7. In the Password field, enter the appropriate password for each entry.
  8. Click Apply and Refresh Registration.
Result
Each gateway will be registered.

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Registering a Unit to All Gateways

Steps
  1. Go to SIP/Registrations.
  2. In the Unit Registration table, enter in the User Name, a username to uniquely identify the user in the domain.
  3. From the Gateway Name selection list, choose All.
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each SIP account/Registration needed.
  5. Click Apply and Refresh.
  6. Click restart required services located at the top of the page.
Result
The information will be displayed in the Unit Registration Status table.

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Configuring OPTIONS Method Support

Context
Note: This step is required if your server is configured to only receive 200 OK by the Mediatrix unit, when it polls the Mediatrix with SIP OPTIONS.
Note: This is not supported by all SIP servers, this feature is not mandatory in most use cases.
Steps
  1. Go to SIP/Interop.
  2. In the SIP Interop table, from the OPTIONS Method Support selection list, select Always 200 OK.
  3. Click Apply.
Result
The unit will always answer 200 OK to SIP OPTIONS messages received (Keep Alive).

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Configuring the Keep Alive feature

Before you begin
IMPORTANT: This is not supported by all SIP servers, this feature is not mandatory in most use cases.
Steps
  1. Go to SIP/Servers.
  2. In the Keep-Alive table, complete the fields as required.
  3. If you selected an alternate destination, complete the fields of the Alternate Destination table.
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