Hi David,<br><br>Quick run down for you...<br><br>With a H323 gateway MTP's are typcially used to provide supplementary services such as hold, transfer etc.<br>If you have it set to MTP required. Any calls going through the gateway will try to invoke an MTP resource.<br>
<br>This MTP resource would typically terminate and re-originate the media stream so that the path flows through the MTP. I.e. it acts as a sort of proxy, and can be used to ensure a certain path for media flows<br><br>MTP's can be software or hardware - software (the IPVMS service on a callmanager) do not support transcoding.<br>
Hardware MTP can perform transcoding function to bridge the gap between endpoints that do not support a common codec.<br><br>Usually they would be required if you were connecting to a 3rd party H323 gateway that does not support these functions. <br>
<br>You would not typically require an MTP with a 2800 series gateway. It will support all the functions natively.<br><br>MTP's also has uses for SIP and DTMF.<br><br>So in short, your VAR has most likely done the right thing. Modern gateway in standard setup should not require an MTP. To be sure keep an eye on RTMT alerts / logs for increased Media resource list exhausted events though.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>Tim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:15 PM, David Zhars <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dzhars@gmail.com">dzhars@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have CCM 4.1. In another building, connected by fiber, I have a 2801 configured as H.323<br>In CCM, the checkbox "Media Termination Point Required" was checked (on). After some work with my VAR, I noticed he turned it off.<br>
What does it do? The H.323 box seems sort of "self-standing", in that it has 8 POTS lines coming in to it, so I am not sure how much the<br>2801 communicates with CCM.<br><br>Any ideas? Why WOULD I have that setting ON? I am reading through the Cisco docs, but they are not that clear....<br>
<br>Thanks anyone!<br><br>
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