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STEP
4 - Setup an Incoming Telephone Number
You
can purchase one or more incoming numbers (DID) from www.callwithus.com
or most other SIP providers. Wait, multiple numbers all funneling
to the same unit?
Yes.
This feature is gold for business users who like to have local
numbers where their clients are. Also if you're looking for
work in another state you could get a local number for couple
of bucks a month to make an appearance that you're local.
You can get inexpensive 800 numbers too. It gets even better,
read on.
You
can get a 100% free incoming phone number in Washington State
at www.ipkall.com
Why are they handing out free numbers? I have no idea. Maybe
they are all routed through NSA supercomputers. The setup
is simple. You give ipkall your email, SIP server address
and your SIP user name. They hand you out a phone number.
Within 60 minutes you are ready to receive calls. Test it
is soon as 10 minutes later. It kicks in pretty quick. Call
and your X-Lite will ring as long as it is connected.
STEP
5 - Setup Hardphone
All
this exercise with X-Lite was to ensure your account is working
and there aren't any blocked ports in your router that could
prevent SIP from going through your firewall. Once you're
comfortable with the softphone it's time to move onto your
new hardphone.
Utstarcom
F1000 and F1000G have identical user interfaces so it doesn't
matter at all which one you have.
There
are two "stages" to any WiFi phone's connectivity.
First it must be connected to your wireless router like a
laptop computer. Once that is achieved it must connect to
the SIP server in order to send and receive calls.
Initially
your phone screen will probably say "No service try other
AP." To connect to your router for the first time press
the SEARCH key (right softkey under the phone screen). After
several seconds the names of all available wireless networks
will come on screen. Chose your network and press the "Save"
softkey. The screen will change giving you 4 slots where this
network can be saved. Pick slot number 1 and save.
If
you use no WEP/WPA protection you can up-arrow twice and press
OK when "Activate" is selected. This will connect
the phone to your network.
If
you use protection down-arrow to "Security Mode"
and chose whichever is appropriate "WEP Key Info"
or "WPA PSK Info." A prompt will ask you to "Enter
Code." The code is "888888" -- your phone's
password. The next step is to enter your router's WEP or WPA
password. Exit and go to "Activate" and your phone
should connect to the router.
If
you fail to connect power cycle the phone and verify that
all menu settings you just entered are correct.
We're
connected to your network now but still can't make calls because
the phone is not setup to register with the provider's SIP
server yet.
With
the phone connected to the router we can edit the menus through
a web browser on your computer which is a lot easier than
thumbing on the phone. To do this we must determine the F1000's
IP address. The easiest way to do this is to press the MENU
key from the phone's main menu. Press up-arrow key three times
until you get to "WiFi-Settings" and click OK. Down-arrow
to "Network Parameter" and press OK. Up-arrow once
and press OK to enter "Network Information." IP
address of the phone will be listed right at the top.
Copy
this number into your web browser's address field [Fig. 3]
and the phone configuration menu will come up. Login as "user"
with "888888" password. Your computer must be connected
to the same network as the phone in order to achieve this.
Fig. 3 Utstarcom F1000 IP address typed in browser address
field
Enter
"USER MENU" on the left [Fig 4].
Fig. 4 Utstarcom F1000 web menu
The
only two submenus of immediate interest are "SIP and
RTP Config" and "STUN Config." Use this cheat
sheet to setup your parameters.
Click
on "REBOOT" and the phone will restart. Allow about
a minute for it to connect and register and make a test call.
You can dial 3246 if using www.callwithus.com to start an
echo test. Anything you say will be repeated to you free of
charge. It's great for kids!
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