Multi-Home 3CX VM

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I'd like to know, from 3CX support, if you will support a 3CX VM which is placed in a DMZ with multiple NICs? Is this a supported configuration OR does the 3CX VM have to be single homed in a LAN segment?
 
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Ultimately you can do whatever you want. 3CX is just an application so as long as the network is probably configured/routed, 3CX can work in any number of configurations. But as far as official configurations please refer to this page:

https://www.3cx.com/blog/docs/network-configurations-supported-3cx-phone-system/
Ever seen any issues when there are two virtual NICs in 3CX like this?

He has:
1. DMZ NIC: 10.22.23.100
2. LAN NIC: 10.10.0.44

See attached screen cap.

The sys admin that set this up for me is no longer with our company and I want to confirm that this is a functional configuration. I'm just about ready to do full inbound / outbound call tests - but want to get a sanity check prior to that effort.

Basically - he has it defaulting OUT the DMZ NIC 10.22.23.100 and all private address space routed back into the LAN NIC 10.10.0.44.

3CX-Prod:~# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 10.22.23.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ens224
10.0.0.0 10.10.1.254 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ens192
10.10.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.254.0 U 0 0 0 ens192
10.22.23.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ens224
172.16.0.0 10.10.1.254 255.240.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ens192
192.168.0.0 10.10.1.254 255.255.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ens192

We then use a static 1 to 1 NAT rule in our firewall to a public IP. No SIP ALG crap. We restrict inbound SIP TCP/UDP 5060 to ONLY our telephony providers source IP ranges and then allow RTP from ANY source IP.

Basic calls are working - but I have to do more testing like conference, transfer, forwarding, & CFD app - to make sure this is a functional configuration.
 

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In the link @cobaltit sent, this looks a lot like the "Segregated VoIP network" scenario described.

Read the notes to better understand what happens and remember, if in some scenarios you don't have any audio, the "PBX Delivers Audio" option is your friend...
 
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