mapleleaf
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Hi All
following on from my previous thread about installing a VOIP phone system at work, I decided at the last minute to play safe and cancel the VOIP order and stick with ISDN 30 - but still using a Panasonic NCP 1000 PBX so Ican set up a single IP extension using a DSP SIP card to my office in Canada. the idea being to make & receive calls in Canada using the UK office phone system.
I have received conflicting advise regarding how to set up the necessary VPN between the sites which is purely to use the remote IP phone.
My phone guy says a VPN between 2 draytek vigor 2820 routers works fine and is a recommended solution by Panasonic to create a virtual extension. He has installed this solution for several clients in the UK
The PBX wil not be connected to the company IT network behind the firewall. Just the DSP card will be connected directly to the router . At the remote end - its proposed that the IP phone panasonic KXNT 343 is connected into the router in Canada.
My IT guy says no way is that acceptable and I need to run the VPN between 2 cisco pix/ ASA firewalls . We have CISCO pix in the UK and just a cisco/linksys router in Canada ie no separate dedicated firewall hardware. The IT guy basically wants me to buy a CISCO ASA and pay him for the rather complex configuration. I also need to buy som efixed IP addresses - but I dont think my Canadian ISP Bell Canada, provides those.
Does anyone have any experience or opinions in this regard? whats the best way forward?
TIA
following on from my previous thread about installing a VOIP phone system at work, I decided at the last minute to play safe and cancel the VOIP order and stick with ISDN 30 - but still using a Panasonic NCP 1000 PBX so Ican set up a single IP extension using a DSP SIP card to my office in Canada. the idea being to make & receive calls in Canada using the UK office phone system.
I have received conflicting advise regarding how to set up the necessary VPN between the sites which is purely to use the remote IP phone.
My phone guy says a VPN between 2 draytek vigor 2820 routers works fine and is a recommended solution by Panasonic to create a virtual extension. He has installed this solution for several clients in the UK
The PBX wil not be connected to the company IT network behind the firewall. Just the DSP card will be connected directly to the router . At the remote end - its proposed that the IP phone panasonic KXNT 343 is connected into the router in Canada.
My IT guy says no way is that acceptable and I need to run the VPN between 2 cisco pix/ ASA firewalls . We have CISCO pix in the UK and just a cisco/linksys router in Canada ie no separate dedicated firewall hardware. The IT guy basically wants me to buy a CISCO ASA and pay him for the rather complex configuration. I also need to buy som efixed IP addresses - but I dont think my Canadian ISP Bell Canada, provides those.
Does anyone have any experience or opinions in this regard? whats the best way forward?
TIA