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Article: IP address tweaks minimize database upkeep in zone method.
- Article from:
- The Telecom Manager's Voice Report
- Article date:
- February 14, 2008
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Following the zone approach will prevent you from sending first responders to the main address when an emergency is occurring somewhere else on your campus. But now you face the challenge of constantly updating the ALI database when users move from one ERL to another.
After all, users can move their phones without any help from your department thanks to IP telephony.
The fix: Assign a range of IP addresses to each zone/ERL so when a phone plugs into the Ethernet cable in a new ERL, it gets an IP address from the DHCP server, explains Mark Fletcher, chairman of the National Emergency Number Association s PBX/multi-line telephone system technical subcommittee and ...