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Administrator’s Guide for the V500 System

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Configure these settings:

Setting

Description

Connect to my LAN

Check this to specify whether the system is part of the LAN.

Allow IP Calls

Check this to enable 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

Specify how the system obtains an IP address:

Obtain IP Address Automatically — Select this if the system
gets an IP address from the DHCP server on the LAN.

Enter IP Address Manually — Select this if the IP address will
not be assigned automatically.

Your IP Address is

or

Use the Following
IP Address

If the system obtains its IP address automatically, this field
automatically displays the IP address currently assigned to the
system.

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

Domain Name

Displays the domain name currently assigned to the system if the
system is a member of a corporate domain.

If the system does not automatically obtain a domain name, enter
one here if needed for your corporate network.

DNS Servers

Displays the DNS servers currently assigned to the system.

If the system does not automatically obtain a DNS server address,
enter up to four DNS servers here.

Default Gateway

Displays the gateway currently assigned to the system. (If you are
using a router for Internet access, the Default Gateway will be the
router’s internal address.)

If the system does not automatically obtain a gateway IP address,
enter one here.

Subnet Mask

Displays the subnet mask currently assigned to the system.

If the system does not automatically obtain a subnet mask, enter
one here.

WINS Server

Displays the WINS server currently assigned to the system.

If the system does not automatically obtain a WINS server IP
address, enter one here.

WINS Resolution

Sends a request to the WINS server for WINS name resolution.