Web Configurator -Configuring; Phone Via Pc; Connecting Pc With Web Configurator - Siemens Gigaset S685 IP User Manual

Web configurator –configuring phone via PC
Web configurator –
configuring phone via PC
The Web configurator is the Web interface
for your phone. It allows you to make the
settings for your phone's base station via
your PC's Web browser.
Please note:
Depending on your VoIP provider, it is possible
that you will be unable to change individual
settings in the Web configurator.
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.
u
The phone and PC are connected with
each other via a router.
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 config-
urator, it is blocked to other users. It cannot
be accessed by more than one user at any
time.
With the Web configurator on your phone
you have the following options:
u
Configure your phone access to the
local network (IP address, gateway to
the Internet).
u
Configure your phone for VoIP. Assign
up to six VoIP phone numbers to your
telephone.
u
Load new firmware onto the phone if
necessary.
u
Use internet services: Enable access to
an online directory, display text infor-
mation on the handset (info services)
and synchronise the telephone's date/
time with a time server on the Internet.
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u
Manage the names and internal num-
bers of registered handsets and your
local directories
u
Obtain information about your phone's
status (firmware version, MAC address,
etc.).
Connecting PC with
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:
u
via the (local) IP address of the base sta-
tion
u
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 109).
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Launch the Web browser on your PC.
¤
Enter http:// and the phone's IP address
into the address field of the Web
browser, e.g. http://192.168.2.2.
¤
Press the return key.
A connection is established to the phone's
Web configurator.