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Chapter 3: Telephone System Configuration
The General tab, which is the default selection on the Networking page, is
used to specify the following settings:
Hostname - The hostname assigned to the Asterisk Appliance. This
name will be used to identify the appliance on your network.
NTP Server - This field gives you the ability to specify the URL of an
NTP server. This is useful if you wish to regularly synchronize the
appliance time setting with that of an NTP server.
SSH - Select the SSH checkbox to activate the SSH server on the
Appliance. The default root password is digium. Enabling this option
will cause your unit to provide SSH access on both WAN and LAN
interfaces, which can pose a security risk.
URL for Auto-Provisioning - The URL specified in this field is used
to enable auto-provisioning for Polycom phones. The default for this
field is http://192.168.69.1/phoneprov.
The WAN tab is used to specify the settings which will enable connection
to the Internet, or to an internal, private network.
DHCP - The DHCP setting enables the automatic assignment of an IP
address to the Asterisk Appliance. This checkbox is selected by
default.
Enable GUI on WAN Interface - Select this checkbox only if you are
certain you want to enable access to the Asterisk Appliance GUI via
the WAN interface. This option is disabled by default as it can pose a
security risk.
If you have difficulty obtaining an IP address dynamically, deselect the
DHCP checkbox and specify the IP address, Subnet, Gateway, and DNS
settings. This information should be available from your company
network administrator or Internet Service Provider (ISP).
