InnoMedia iPBX Administrative Guide
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Feb 2009 - InnoMedia
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Figure 2.3 iPBX runs behind corporate firewall with application ports mapping to iPBX
2.1.4
For new network setup also as SMB Firewall
IPBX itself is also a SIP aware firewall. The iPBX sits at the edge of the corporate network and acts as the SMB
firewall controlling both the voice and data traffic.
Connecting one of the WAN ports of iPBX to the corporate router, and the LAN port to corporate internal switch.
Note that the 2 WAN ports of iPBX are designed for ISP redundancy. If you decide to enable the backup facility,
make sure to connect them to different routers.
Figure 2.4 iPBX aggregating voice and data traffic: A SIP aware data firewall for the corporate LAN.