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802.11g SIP DECT VoIP Router VIP-462DG User’s manual 1[...]
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Copyright Copyright (C) 2005 PLANET T echnology Corp. All rights reserved. The products and programs described in this User ’s Manu al are licensed products of PLANET T echnology , This User ’ s Manual contains proprietary information protected by cop yright, and this User ’s Manual and all accompanying hardware, software, and documentation a[...]
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3 Revision User ’s Manual for PLANET 802.1 1g SIP V oIP Router: Model: VIP-462DG Rev: 1.0 (Sept. 2005) Part No. EM-VIP462DGV1[...]
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4 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction .......................................................................... 6 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 6 Package Content .............................................................................[...]
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5 T raf fic Statistics ........................................................................................................ 29 NA T Settings .................................................................................................................... 29 Address Mapping .....................................................................[...]
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1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview Combining cutting edge Internet telephony and router manufac turing experience, PLANET proudly introduces the newest member of the P LANET VoIP gateway family: the VIP-462DG. To bring the most satisfaction to customers, the VIP-462DG, not only provides quality voice communications, wi red/wireless Intern et sharing[...]
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7 DECT Features • DECT & GAP Compatible • Base can register up to 8 Handsets • Intercom call during external call, Call transfe r between • hand sets , three-way teleph one meeting • CID 50 locations • Redial memory: 3 locations, 20 digits • Adjustable ringer volume & melody • 100 hours standby time, 8 hours talk time • Ha[...]
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8 Physical Det ails The following figure illustra tes the front/rear pa nel of VIP-462DG. Front Panel of VIP-462DG Rear Panel of VIP-462DG[...]
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9 LED Display & Button LED Indicators Descriptions PWR Light: power on, normal op eraion Blink: firmware loading Off: power of f or failure W AN Light: conn ection is ac tive Blink: data transmitting o r receiving Off: connection is not est ablished Vo I P Light: SIP proxy registration is succe ssful Blink: SIP proxy registration is un successf[...]
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Back Panels Descriptions DC12V Power Adapter connecter RESET (Reboot) Press for one second to reset the devic e or press for 5 seconds to re set to the factory default. W AN 10/100Mbps RJ-45 connector connect to ADSL or ca ble modem LAN 1 ~ LAN 4 10/100Mbp s RJ-45 connector connect t o PC or lo cal switch/hub. LINE Connect to the RJ-1 1 PSTN line P[...]
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Keypad and button definition on DCT-100 Descriptions INT Intercom conversation mode Adjust the volume level during the conversatio n and m enu selection on the LCD display Last Number Redial Hang on / up telephone or pressi ng until to open /close speaker C Cancel and Clear R Power on / of f Number 0 –9 and # The function is as the same as the ge[...]
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z This phone won't work by itself. It should be registered to the main base unit inside the VIP-320. z Before initial using, it should be charged for 24 hours. Í Note z Reversing the orientation may damage the handset. z The battery needs to be replaced if it does not recover its full storage capacity after recharging. z When replacing batter[...]
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2 Chapter 2 Prep arations & Inst allation Physical Inst allation Requirement This chapter illustrates ba si c installation of VIP-462DG • Network cables. Use standard 10/1 00Ba seT network (UTP) cables with RJ45 connectors. • TCP/IP protocol must be installed on all PCs. For Internet Access, an Internet Access account with an ISP, and eithe[...]
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Please locate your PC in the same network segment (192.168.0.x) of VIP-462DG. If you’re not familiar with TCP/IP, please refer to related chapter on user’s manual CD or consult your network administrator for proper network configurations. Í Note LAN/WAN Interface qui ck configurations Nature of PLANET VIP-462DG i s an IP Sharing (NA T ) device[...]
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15 WAN IP address configuration vi a web configuration interface Execute your web browser , and type http://172.16.0.1 in the adddress bar . If you’re using WAN port login the VIP-462DG, please be sure to check if the “ Rermote Management ” is enabled in machine. L Hint After logging on machine with p assword (default: 123 ), browse to “ WA[...]
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3 Chapter 3 Network Service Configurations Configuring and monitoring your VIP-462DG from web browser The VIP-462DG integrates a web-base d grap hical user interface that can cover most configurations and machine st atu s monitoring. Via st andard, web browser , you can configu re and check machine status from anywhe re around the world. Overview o[...]
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VIP-462DG main page 17[...]
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4 Chapter 4 General Configurations System Settings This page include s all the basic configuration tool s for the product, such as options to control management access. Time Zone Set the proper time zone and the config ure time serv er for the VIP-462DG . When you enable “Automat ic T ime Serv er Mainten ance” o ption you will need to config ur[...]
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19 Remote Management The "Remote Management" feature can rest rict remote user login from the W AN port. The IP setting of "0.0.0.0" allows user from any IP address to remote logged in to the device. When the 'Enabled" is no t checked, remote login is di sabled. The remote user can login using WAN IP. The default port [...]
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20 Dynamic IP Under this mode, VIP-462 DG enables DHCP client to get IP address automatically from your service provider . The Host Name is optional, but may be required by some Service Provider’s. The default MAC address is set to the WAN’ s physical interface on the VIP-462DG . If requi red by service provider , you use the “Clone MAC Addre[...]
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21 Static IP If your service provider has assig ned a fixed IP address, enter the assigned IP address, subnet mask and the gateway address provide d. DNS Most service providers pro vide a DNS server for spe ed and convenien ce. If there is a DNS server that you would rather use, you need to specify the IP address here. If you are st atic IP user , [...]
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22 LAN Settings The VIP-462DG needs to have an IP address of the local net work. Y ou can enable DHCP to dynamically allocate IP addresse s to your client PC s. When DHCP serve r is enabled, you need to enter the IP addre s s range for the local host s. The domain name field is empty in most case. In som e special ISP need input domain nam e field.[...]
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23 Channel and SSID This page allows you to define SSID, T ransmis sion Rate, Basic Rate and Channel ID for wireless connection. In the wireless envi ronment, VIP-462DG c an also act as a wirele ss access point. These parameters are used for the mobile st at ions to connect to this access point. Security VIP-462DG can transmit your dat a se curity [...]
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WP A WP A is a security enhan ce ment that strongly increa ses the level of data protection and a ccess control for existing wireless LAN. Matchin g aut hentication and encryption methods must be setu p on your VIP-462DG and wireless client device s to use WP A. 24[...]
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5 Chapter 5 System Configurations V oIP Settings The section includes the entire V oIP configuration for VIP-462DG . Port Setting This page set s up the phone number an d use rname/p assword for SIP server registration. The phone number and username/p assword must be predefined in SIP Proxy . Y ou can register two V oIP number to VIP-462DG , regist[...]
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26 SIP Setting This page d efines the SIP paramete rs, in the SIP Pa rameters setting, we need t o set SIP domain an d SIP Proxy IP address. The default register expire time is 1800 seco nd. So the system must reregister to SIP proxy again within regi ster expi re time. VoIP adanced setting This page allows you to co nfigure advanced V oIP features[...]
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27 Port advanced Setting and register DECT handset This page allows you adju st the parameter of voice c hannel to ach ieve better sound quality . In this page also provide DECT setting for you to paging and regi ster new DECT han dset. Qos Settings The bandwidt h gap between LAN and W AN may signi fic antly degrade performance of critical network [...]
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28 Traffic mapping Up to 16 rules can be defi ned to cla ssify traffic into Dif fserv forwarding groups and outgoing VCs. Edit T raffic class This page is for user to specify a classify rule, First, define the class by traf fic type and the local and remote addresses, then set the Dif fserv forwarding group this class is mapped to, finally select t[...]
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29 Traffic Statistics This page sh ows the W A N outbound traf fic st atistics of all of the Dif fserv forwarding groups in the last 12 hours (automatically up dated every 5 mins). NA T Settings Network Addr ess translation (NA T) allows multipleuser s at your local site to access the Internet through a signal public IP address or multiple public I[...]
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30 Address Mapping VIP-462DG supports multi ple global IP addresses. It allows IP addresses used in a private local network to be mapped to one or more addresse s used in the public, global Internet. This page allows user to enter up to 10 ad dresses mapping between a set of private IP addresses an d one global IP address. After setting, VIP-462DG [...]
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Some of the popular applications and p rotocol/port numbers mapping are defined below: Application Protocol Port Number T elnet TCP 23 FTP TCP 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 TCP 11 0 H.323 TCP 1720 SNMP UCP 161 SNMP T rap UDP 162 HTTP TCP 80 PPTP TCP 1723 PC Anywhere TCP 5631 PC Anywhere UDP 5632 31[...]
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32 Special Application Some applications requi re multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. These applications ca nnot wo rk when Network Address T ranslation (NA T) is enabled. If you need to run applications that requi re multiple connections, specify the port normally associated with an app[...]
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33 Firewall Setting VIP-462DG provides extensive firewall protection by re stricting connection parameters to limit the risk of hacker att ack, and defending against a wide a rray of common attacks. When firewall is enable d, extra checking will be performed for each p ackets p assing through t he device, the perf ormance of the device will be grea[...]
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This page allows users to define service limit ation of client PC, including IP address, service type and scheduling rule criteria. For URL blocking function, you need config URL address first in "URL Blocki ng Site" page. For schedulin g function, you also need co nfig schedule rule first in "Schedule Rul e" p age. As shown abo[...]
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35 MAC Filter User can enter up to 32 MAC address, the PCs with these MAC ad dresses will not be permitted to access Internet. URL Blocking Y ou can block access to certain Web sites from a p art icular PC by entering either a full URL a ddre ss or just a keyword of the Web site. T o specify the particular PC, go ba ck to the "Access Control&q[...]
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As shown above, all of the URL with ”violence” p a ttern cannot be accessed. The users within LAN site cannot access to any web-site with “violence” in its URL ad dress. User can enter up to 32 MAC ad dress, the PCs with these MAC ad dresses will not be permitted to access Internet. Schedule Rule This page allows user to define sch edule ru[...]
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As shown above, we defined a schedule rule called “O ff ice Hour”, the active time period is Monday to Friday , 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. After pressing “O K” button, the following page will show up: Then when we go to “Access Control” p age, select “A dd PC”, in the bottom of the page “A ccess Control Add PC”, the scheduling rule wil[...]
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Intrusion Detection Features: SPI and Anti-DoS Firewall Protection Activate SPI and Anti-DoS protection RIP Defe ct Reject the RIP packet s from W AN Discard PING from W AN Reject all the PING request to the W AN port When hacker tries to attack, VIP-462DG can send e-ma il alert to the specified user . Enter related e-mail information such as e-mai[...]
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UPnP The Universal Plug and Play architecture of fers perv asive peer-to-p eer net work connectivity of PCs of all form factors, intelligent appliances, and wirele ss devices. UPnP enables seamless proximity network in addition to control and dat a transfer among net worked device s in the home, o f fice and ever ywhere in between. Enable the UPnP [...]
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T ools The tools feature provided by VIP-462DG includes co nf iguration to ols – save /restore configuration and restore to factory default s, system log, firmware upgrade and reset . Configuration Tools The configuration tools include s back up, restore and restore to factory default s. The “Backup” tool save the VIP-462DG’s current config[...]
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41 Reset In the event that the system stops respondi ng correctly or in some way stops functio ning, you can perform a reset. Y our settings will not be changed. T o perform the reset, click on the “APPL Y” button below . Y ou will be asked to confirm your decision. The reset will be complete when the power light stops blin king S t atus The st[...]
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42 Device Status The Device S t atus page di splays the current setting of this device, includin g IP address, Subnet mask, DHCP se rve r , Firewall and UPnP . Security Log This page pr ovides the system security log reco rd when device boot, includin g user login/logout, hack attach, PPPoE connection, NTP connection, Get IP from DHCP . These recor[...]
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43 VoIP Status This page displays the gat eway status, including Po rt type, port S tatus, time information of each call and Destination. This p age also displays SIP proxy registration st atus. User must make sure SIP proxy registration is suc cessful. User can press “Refre sh” button to update current V oIP status.[...]
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A Appendix A VIP-462DG S pecifications Product 802.11g SIP DECT VoIP Router Model VIP-462DG Hardware WAN 1 x 10/100Mbps RJ-45 port PC 4 x 10/100Mbps RJ-45 port WLAN IEEE 802.11b /802.11g compatibl e PSTN 1 x RJ-11 connection Phone 1 x RJ-11 connection DECT 1 x DECT GAP compatible bas e Protocols and Standard Standard SIP 2.0 (RFC3261) Voice codec G[...]