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5.1 Network Interface
The
menu helps you manage all network interfaces
Network – Network Interfaces
available in the PBX. In addition to the CPU interface, there are Ethernet interfaces of
VoIP boards. The bit rate of all the interfaces is 10/100 Mbit/s. These interfaces are
used for communication with the PBX and SMTP clients, for signalling and RTP streams
of VoIP calls. Having been opened, the
menu
Network – Network interfaces
displays a list of Ethernet interfaces of the PBX on the left and selected interface
settings on the right. With the CPU interface, the options are as follows:
Get IP address from DHCP server – use this option to enable obtaining IP settings
from the DHCP server automatically. In this case the following sections are inactive.
Use following IP address– use this option to enable the following static IP
address and DNS server setting sections.
IP address – defines the static IP address for this interface.
Subnet mask – defines the subnet bit mask.
Default gateway – defines the IP address of the router or PC through
which the PBX communicates outside the LAN.
DNS server addresses
Preferred server – defines the IP address of the primary DNS server.
Spare server – defines the IP address of the secondary DNS server.
DNS HostName – defines the PBX Host Name.
DNS Domain – defines the PBX Domain Name.
Description – this field has an informative character only.
Producer – this field has an informative character only.
You will lose connection with the PBX whenever you change the IP
address. We recommend you to change the IP address via the console
menu on the serial interface.