Addressing IP system phones manually

You want to address an IP system phone manually. You can address the phone statically or with the help of a DHCP and DNS server.

The table below shows how the relevant parameters need to be set for the different combinations of types of addressing.

  1. Connect the IP system phone to the mains power and the IP network and wait for the phone to start up.

  2. Open the local configuration menu by keeping the C-key pressed down.

  3. Enter the phone address as well as the communication server address as follows:

Table 1. Enter the phone address.

Local configuration

Configuration via web browser

Static addressing

DHCP/DNS or DHCP only

DHCP

DHCP_ENABLED

off

on

IP address

IP_ADDRESS

Phone IP address (enter all 12 decimal places)

Automatically assigned values are displayed

Subnet Mask

SUBNET_MASK

Subnet mask

Automatically assigned values are displayed

GW address

GATEWAY

Gateway address

Automatically assigned values are displayed

Table 2. Enter the communication server address.

Local configuration

Configuration via web browser

Static addressing

DHCP/DNS

DHCP

PBX address

PBX_ADDRESS

Communication server IP address (enter all 12 decimal places)

The IP address retrieved from the DNS server is displayed.

Communication server IP address (enter all 12 decimal places)

DNS name

DNS_NAME

Communication server DNS name.

Automatically assigned values are displayed

Automatically assigned values are displayed

DNS server address

DNS_SERVER

0.0.0.0

Automatically assigned values are displayed

0.0.0.0