PLANET VIP-251T - Manual (Page 30)

Generally speaking, you should select a kind of IP Mode from the two IP Modes if you use IP Phone in
the local area network.
You can select the “Static” IP Mode if you are familiar with the Network
Configuration and you can fill all the parameters in the texts by yourself.
You can also select the “DHCP” IP Mode and let IP Phone get all the parameters from the DHCP
Server. You can ask Administrator if you are still not clear.
LAN settings
The way of Data packages from WAN port to LAN port.
There are three ways for Retransmits Mode: NAT, Bridge and disable.
„ Disable: not retransmit.
„ NAT Mode: retransmit by NAT
„ Bridge Mode: retransmit by SWITCH.
LAN IP and LAN Subnet Mask It is efficient if you select “NAT” for Retransmits Mode. You should set
LAN IP and LAN Subnet Mask, generally specking, you can use the default values.
You should select “NAT” or “Bridge” Mode if you connect your PC with IP Phone’s LAN port.
It is suggested that you should use “NAT” Mode. Your PC’s Gateway address is same to IP Phone’s
LAN and your PC’s IP address is the same to the network segment of IP Phone’s. (As the above page,
your PC’s IP address should set 192.168.252.xxx), now your PC can connect to Internet. Probably,
you can also use DHCP Server expediently. You can see the DHCP Server introductions in the
following chapter.
DHCP Server settings
DHCP Server is another kind of Network function. IP Phone can supply DHCP service for the network
which is linked with IP Phone’s LAN if you enable the DHCP Server of IP Phone’s LAN (Default setting
is disable)
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