Administrator’s Guide for the V500 System

Configuring LAN Properties

If your system is part of a LAN, use this section to configure the system to work with the LAN.

Before you Begin

If you are connecting the system via a modem, you need to request an additional public IP address from your Internet service provider.

Your service provider will provide you with one of these IP addresses:

Static IP address – The address is reserved for your system and will not change. When you configure the LAN properties of the system, choose the Enter IP Address Manually option.

Your service provider should also provide you with the DNS server address, default gateway address, subnet mask, and WINS server IP address.

Dynamic IP address – The address is obtained from your service provider’s DHCP server, and therefore may change. When you configure the LAN properties of the system, choose the Obtain IP Address Automatically option.

To configure LAN properties:

1.Go to System > Admin Settings > LAN Properties.

2.Configure these settings:

Setting

Description

 

 

Connect to my LAN

Specifies whether the system is part of the LAN.

 

 

Allow IP Calls

Enables the system to make and receive IP calls.

 

 

Host Name

Indicates the system’s DNS name.

 

If you change the Host Name, the system restarts.

 

 

IP Address

Specifies how the system obtains an IP address.

 

• Obtain IP Address Automatically — Select if the system gets

 

an IP address from the DHCP server on the LAN.

 

• Enter IP Address Manually — Select if the IP address will not

 

be assigned automatically.

 

 

Your IP Address is

If the system obtains its IP address automatically, this area

or

displays the IP address currently assigned to the system.

 

Use the Following

If you selected Enter IP Address Manually, enter the IP address

here.

IP Address

 

 

 

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