search requests will be sent to this zone, and also whether any
transforms will be applied to aliases being searched for in this
zone. These features are described in full in the section

Zone

searching and alias transforming

Hop count

The hop count is the number of times a search request will be
forwarded to a neighbor gatekeeper or proxy (see

Hop Counts

for more information). This field specifies the hop count to be
used when sending an alias search request to this particular
zone.

Name

Assigns a name to the zone. The name acts as a unique
identifier, allowing you to distinguish between zones of the
same type.

Type

Determines the nature of the specified zone in relation to the
Local Zone.

Neighbor

: the new zone will be a neighbor of the Local Zone.

TraversalClient

: there is a firewall between the zones, and the

Local Zone is a traversal client of the new zone.

TraversalServer

: there is a firewall between the zones and the

Local Zone is a traversal server for the new zone.

ENUM

: the new zone contains endpoints discoverable by ENUM

lookup.

DNS

: the new zone contains endpoints discoverable by DNS

lookup.
Once the zone has been created, the

Type

cannot be changed.

Configuring Zones - All Types

If the search request was received from another zone
and already has a hop count assigned, the lower of the
two values will be used.

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