New subject: Using a MAC address as the Alias

8 Jun 2001

      Francois,

obviously that can be done. But there is no way of explicitely knowing that h323-ID contains a MAC address. 
This can only be inferred.

Frank

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Of course, there is nothing that prevents you from putting the mac address
as a character string in the h323-ID. And it would work with existing
versions of H.323 (and other vendors).

I don't see much benefits in adding yet another field.
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Frank,
At first glance, it seems odd that one would want to report that to the
GK.
Certainly, it doesn't seem useful to report that though LRQ or other
address
resolution mechanisms.  However, there are cases where it might be nice if
the GK knew the MAC address-- especially since V4 now allows multiple
endpoints to have the same alias.  There are obvious benefits to having a
unique alias in the list.
Paul
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Paul,
it's good to know that I am not the only person that considers the use
of
a
MAC address as an "alias" as being useful. It therefore strikes me as
being
somewhat odd that this is not included in the massive amount of options
that
H.323 already has. Any ideas why this was never included?
Frank
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Frank,
Yes, I have, and there are very valid cases for doing this.
Paul
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Today, there are many possibilities for a H.323 User/Terminal to
register
with a GK. Many of these
Aliases are an alias for the user. When the MobileUIM structure is
used,
it is also possible to specify
an equipment identifier. Has anybody ever given any thought to the
possibility of specifying the MAC
address of Terminal as an Alias?
Regards,
Frank
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Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias

Frank Derks

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