Planet Technology VIP-160, VIP-260 User Manual

Internet Telephony Gateway

VIP-160/VIP-260

User’s manual

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Copyright

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The products and programs described in this User’s Manual are licensed products of PLANET Technology,
This User’s Manual contains proprietary information protected by copyright, and this User’s Manual and all
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Disclaimer

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applications, and makes no warranty and representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the
quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.
PLANET has made every effort to ensure that this User’s Manual is accurate; PLANET disclaims liability
for any inaccuracies or omissions that may have occurred.
Information in this User’s Manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a
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contained in this User’s Manual. PLANET makes no commitment to update or keep current the information
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If you find information in this manual that is incorrect, misleading, or incomplete, we would appreciate your
comments and suggestions.

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The is a class B device, In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which
case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

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Home

System Uptime: specifies the amount of time, which the system has been up.

This time is reset every time the system is reset.

LAN IP Address: indicates the IP Address of your LAN.

MAC address: MAC address is the address of your MAC.

Security: for your password, which is configured in the “System” section.

Application Code Version: tells the version of the application code which you

are using.

Download Code Version: tells the version of the download code which you are

using.

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Network

Network status

Interface Status: these are the details of your interface’s status.

Enabled: “Yes”, lets you know that your interface is enabled and ready to be

used.

Service: either “Routed or Bridged”, tells you the level of your interface’s

connection.

Protocol: refers to how you are transmitting data. (i.e. Ethernet)

Interface Status: either “Up” or “Down”.

Under Network Settings: these are the details of your network settings.

Dynamic IP Assignment: “Yes” or “No”, depending on whether or not you are

using a dynamic IP.

IP address: your specified IP.

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MAC address: Your specified MAC address.

Subnet Mask: indicates the IP address of your mask.
Default Gateway: is the IP address of the gateway. The gateway IP could be

retrieved from DHCP offer in DHCP mode, or be set up
manually in fixed IP mode.

DNS address: refers to the address of your dynamic name server, if applicable.

VLAN: VLAN tag value encoded in the Ethernet header in all outgoing packets

Priority Tag: Priority Tag value encoded in the Ethernet header in outgoing

packets.

Broadcast Limit & Multicast Limit: Please see the WAN Configuration

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WAN Configuration

1. Device Operating Mode: you choose either “Router” or “Bridge”, depending

on your operation.

2. You will check either “Obtain WAN configuration dynamically” or “Specify
fixed WAN configuration”.

When you choose “Obtain WAN configuration dynamically”, the information
is detected automatically through DHCP.

If you choose “Specify fixed WAN configuration”, you are required to enter
the IP address, IP of the Sub mask, IP of the Gateway, and IP of the DNS
Server, if applicable.

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WAN PPPoE Configuration

1. Enable PPPoE: “Yes” or “No”, to enable/disable PPPoE

2. Under “Authentication”, you enter the username and password given by

your ISP.

3. Settings:
Idle Timeout: Idle timeout before PPP connection is closed due to inactivity
Echo Timeout: the duration between PPP echo requests being sent to the

server.

Echo Count: the number of unanswered PPP echo requests before the PPP

connection is closed.

Service Name: PPPoE Service name
AC Name: PPPoE AC name

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MAC Cloning Configuration

WAN MAC Address (Spoofed):

This is only available when devices are under the router mode. The spoofed
MAC address to be used by the device’s WAN interfaces, the Ethernet
address of the outgoing packets from the WAN interface would be replaced
with this address. If blank, the WAN interfaces will use the value of MAC.

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