IP Address Type:

static or dynamic

 

The telephone obtains its IP address automatically from a DHCP service in the network (the router, for example). The following fields show the current settings. These settings cannot be changed.

 

The telephone is provided with a permanent IP address. The administrator makes the network settings using the other fields.

The phone's IP address in the local network.

The subnet mask for the local network. It specifies how many parts of the IP address make up the network prefix and how many parts make up the device address. The network prefix must be the same for all the devices in the local network.

IP address of the system in the local network which assigns the address and forwards information to other networks. This is frequently a router.