Peered Switchvoxes

This tool lets you peer two Switchvoxes together. If you have 3 Switchvoxes, you can peer each of them with the other 2 but you cannot peer all 3 together.

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Fill in or change the necessary fields, then click Save Peered Switchvox when finished.

Connection and Routing Tab

Display Settings

Peer Name. Enter a unique name for the other Switchvox.

Connection Settings

Peer Host Address: Enter a unique hostname or IP address for the other Switchvox.

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Peer’s SSL Certificate in PEM Format. Click the Fetch Certificate icon to download a certificate from the other Switchvox.

Advanced Connection Settings (arrow toggle)

NOTE: These settings typically do not need to be changed.

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Alternate Incoming Host Addresses (Hostname or IP). Enter Hostnames or IP addresses. Switchvox treats incoming communications from these hosts as if they were from the primary host.

Call Settings

Dial Prefix. Enter any prefix needed. This is used to create an outgoing call rule.

Allow all extensions to dial peer. Select YES or NO. This is only available when you create the peer, and it ensures that every existing phone extension is allowed to dial the peer (the outgoing call rule is allowed).

Advanced Call Settings (arrow toggle)

NOTE: These settings typically do not need to be changed.

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Video Codecs. See table under SIP Providers > Call Settings.

Published to Peer tab

IMPORTANT: This will be deprecated in the upcoming version of Switchvox; all extensions will be published for use by the peered Switchvox. We recommend leaving the setting Publish All Groups set to YES.

List of Peered Switchvoxes

Peered Switchvoxes are listed here. They contain the following information:

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Delete. Clicking this icon displays a message that informs you that clicking the Yes, Delete button will permanently remove this peered Switchvox and its associated data. Clicking the Cancel button removes the deletion message and buttons.

Local Peer Settings

Name. Local Server is the default. We recommend that you change this name to something that provides meaning to your peers.

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