177 H.323 C ONFIGURATION COMMANDSarea-idSyntax area-id stringundo area-id [string ]View Gatekeeper client viewParameter string: Area ID, a digit string that is 1 to 31 characters in length. The pound signs(#) can be used as delimiters in the string.Description Use the area-id command to assign an area ID to the H.323 gateway.Use the undo-area-id command to remove the specified or all area IDs.By default, no area ID is assigned to the H.323 gateway.Each area ID identifies a particular type of gateway, for example, 1# for the voicegateway and 2# for the video gateway, depending on the agreement that thegateway and the gatekeeper reaches beforehand. When a VoIP entitycommunicates with the gatekeeper, the gatekeeper uses the received area ID toidentify the type of the gateway.You may assign up to 30 area IDs to the H.323 gateway.Related command: match-template on page 2599, entity on page 2594.Example # Assign area ID 6# to the gateway. system-view[Sysname] voice-setup[Sysname-voice] gk-client[Sysname-voice-gk] area-id 6#display voice gatewaySyntax display voice gatewayView Any view