Making Settings For Voip Telephony - Siemens Gigaset A580 IP User Manual

Making settings for VoIP telephony

Before you can use the Internet (VoIP) to phone any other numbers on the
Internet, the fixed line network or the mobile phone network, you need the
services of a VoIP provider who supports the VoIP SIP standard.
Precondition: You have registered with such a VoIP provider (e.g. via your PC)
and set up at least one VoIP account.
To be able to use VoIP, you now need to enter the access data for your VoIP
account. You will receive all the necessary data from your VoIP provider. This
will include:
Either:
u
Your user name (if requested by the VoIP provider), this is the user identifi-
cation (Caller ID) for your account, which is often identical to your phone
number
u
Your authentication name or login ID
u
The (login) password registered with the VoIP provider
u
General settings for your VoIP provider (server addresses etc.)
Or:
u
An auto-configuration code (Activation Code)
Your Gigaset phone's connection assistant can help you make these entries.
Starting the connection assistant
Precondition:
The base station is connected to the mains power supply and a router. Your
router is connected to the Internet (
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your VoIP provider's server after the connection assistant is closed. If incorrect/
incomplete information means that the connection cannot be established,
messages will be displayed (
Please note
Your phone is preconfigured for dynamic assignment of the IP address. In
order for your router to "recognise" the phone, dynamic IP address assignment
must also be activated on the router, i.e. the router's DHCP server must be acti-
vated.
If the DHCP server cannot or should not be activated, you must first assign a
fixed IP address to the phone. For information on how to do this,
activated as the default line for your telephone (default setting,
97). The telephone then attempts to establish a connection directly to
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