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7 - Reference Information for Network Administrators
The following section summarises the information that a system administrator may
need about the Francotyp-Postalia PostBase meter.
The PostBase meter requires (preferably) an Ethernet connection, with a minimum
of 10 Mbit/sec, in order to able to download postal funds from a
server. Ethernet cables of class CAT5E are recommended. For this it normally uses
TCP/IP (v4 only) through an https connection using TLS v1.2 over
In certain cases it may also use an http connection over
must therefore be enabled in any firewall. It will attempt to make a connection to
gbr.francotyp.com
The meter may be configured to use DHCP (default) or, alternatively, it may be
configured to use a fixed IP address, in which case the IP address of the meter,
subnet mask, gateway and DNS server information must be manually entered.
A proxy server may also be configured, in which case the IP address and port of the
proxy will be needed. Proxy servers without authentication are supported, however
the meter can also use 'basic' or 'digest' authentication methods (using a user
name and password; the digest uses an MD5 checksum). NTLM is not supported as
an authentication method.
The meter may also use a modem connection over a telephone line, however this
mechanism is no longer recommended. In this case an 56,000 baud modem line is
required.
Further installation videos are available on our dedicated YouTube channel
Simply visit www.youtube.com
If you need further information to assist with the installation of your franking
machine, visit www.fpmailing.co.uk
and deu.francotyp.com
and search for FPTVUK
and log in to the customer help centre.
Francotyp-Postalia
port 443.
port 80. These two ports
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