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Siemens GIGASET C475 IP User Manual

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Web configurator – configuring the telephone via a PC

Connect the PC with the telephone's Web configurator

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Web configurator – configuring the telephone via a PC

The Web configurator is the Web interface for your phone. It allows you to make the set-

tings for your phone's base station via your PC's Web browser.

Preconditions:

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A standard Web browser is installed on the PC, e.g. Internet Explorer version 6.0 or

higher, or Firefox version 1.0.4 or higher.

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The phone and PC are connected with each other via a router.

With the Web configurator on your phone you have the following options:

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Configure your phone access to the local network (IP address, gateway to the Internet).

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Configure your phone for VoIP. Assign up to six VoIP phone numbers to your telephone.

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Load new firmware onto the phone if necessary.

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Use internet services: Enable access to an online directory, display text information on

the handset (info services) and synchronise the telephone's date/time with a time server

on the Internet.

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Manage the names and internal numbers of registered handsets and your local directo-

ries.

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Obtain information about your phone's status (firmware version, MAC address, etc.).

Connect the PC with the telephone's Web configurator

Precondition: The settings of a firewall installed on your PC allow the PC and phone to

communicate with each other.

There are two ways of connecting your PC to the base station Web configurator:

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via the (local) IP address of the base station

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via Gigaset config

Establishing a connection via the IP address:

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Establish the telephone's current IP address on the handset:
You can see the phone's current IP address in the handset display by briefly pressing the

paging key on the base station.
Your phone's IP address can change if you have activated dynamic IP address assignment

(page 131).

Please note:

Depending on your VoIP provider, it is possible that you will be unable to change individual settings

in the Web configurator.

Please note:

– The phone is not blocked while you make your settings in the Web configurator. You can also use

your phone to make calls or change base station or handset settings on your handset at the same

time.

– While you are connected to the Web configurator, it is blocked to other users. It cannot be

accessed by more than one user at any time.

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