Lucent Technologies Whats New In DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2 Manual

What’s New in DEFINITY ECS
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this telep hone will b e d ialed  d uring  the c urrent c all. When the DEFINITY 
server no long er c ontrols the telep hone line, you c an p lac e c alls from the 
telep hone attac hed  to the telep hone line. 
If you rec eive an inc oming  c all on your sep arate telep hone line while that 
line is c ontrolled  b y the DEFINITY server, that c aller will hear either ring ing  
(if...

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nStand-alone H.323 Configuration (Voice over IP
The stand -alone H.323 c onfig uration enab les users to p lac e and  rec eive 
c alls via an H.323 V2-c omp liant aud io ap p lic ation, suc h as Mic rosoft 
NetMeeting  3.0x, running on a PC that is c onnec ted to DEFINITY ECS over 
an IP network. Sinc e this c onfig uration offers limited  c all-hand ling  
c ap abilities, the...

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Once you’re finished administering your DEFINITY system, you need to install the 
IP Softphone software on each user’s PC. If you are using the road-warrior 
configuration, you also need to install an H.323 v2 compliant audio software 
application, such as Microsoft NetMeeting.
Instructions for adding a road-warrior application 
You can use the road-warrior application when you...

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NOTE:
You c hoose to c hang e an existing DCP extension by using  change 
station 
nnnn in this step , where nnnn is the existing  DCP extension.
2. In the Type field, enter the model of phone you want to use, such as 
6408D.
3. In the Port field, type x for virtual phone, or enter the port number if there 
is hardware. 
4. In the Security Code field, enter the password for this...

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Instructions for adding a telecommuter 
application
 Assign this configuration to remote users who have two available phone lines. For 
example, to administer a telecommuter application for a home user at extension 
3010, complete the following steps: 
1. Type add station 3010 and press RETURN. 
Th e  St a t i o n
 sc reen ap p ears.
NOTE:
Use the add station
 c ommand  if this is...

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TN802B IP Interface operating in MedPro mode for H.323 functionality. The 
TN799/TN799B is also required to support ATM interfaces and WAN PNC on 
DEFINITY R7 or later.
The TN799/TN799B does not support BX.25 connectivity on the R8 or later csi 
platform. On the other platforms, TN765 Processor Interface and TN577 Packet 
Gateway circuit packs provide BX.25 connectivity for...

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(identified as the gateway on the IP route screen) to a router (identified as 
the destination on the IP route screen). Then the router is identified as the 
gateway and the remote node as the destination in another IP route. In R8, 
you can specify a default gateway on the IP Interfaces screen for each IP 
interface. Then any messages sent to a node on a different subnet will be...

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Screen Changes
The data module screen has changed for both ethernet and ppp connections.  
The IP Routing screen has also changed.
Data Module (Ethernet) screen
nFields moved to the IP Interfaces screen:
— Nodes Names
— Subnet Mask
nFields that have been removed and are not needed:
— Broadcast Address
— Automatic Subnet Routing?
nNew fields:
— Network uses all 1s for broadcast...

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Data Module (Ethernet) screen
nNew field:
— Subnet Mask: R7 did not allow subnetting of IP addresses of nodes 
in a ppp connection. The addition of the Subnet Mask Field on the 
ppp Data Module screen, enables the specification of subnets for 
these addresses.
IP Routing screen
nNew field:
— Route Type:  specifies whether the route defined on this screen is a 
network or host...

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When to use IP routes
You need to define host and/or network IP routes only in special cases when 
default gateways are not defined or when you want to limit communication 
between nodes. This section describes the network configurations that require 
explicit IP routes.
There are two type of IP routes — 
host and network. The following table 
summarizes when you would use each...