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Spectralink 84-Series Series Wireless Telephones Administration Guide
1725-86984-000_P.docx
September 2016
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Timesaver: Reducing repetitive data entry
Spectralink recommends using DHCP where possible to eliminate repetitive
manual data entry.
The following table details the settings that are supported through the DHCP menu:
Option
SIP Parameter
Meaning
1
NA
Subnet mask
3
NA
Default gateway
6
DNSSRVR
DNS server
7
LOGSRVR
Syslog server logging
15
DOMAIN
Domain name
42
SNTPSRVR
NTP Server
43
sec.TLS.customCaCert.x
Auto discovery of the root CA certificate. If this setting is unavailable,
set the parameter per this guide.
66
TFTPSRVR
TFTP server
Web Info: RFC information on DHCP options
For more information on DHCP options, see
Settings: Overriding the SNTP values set by DHCP
The configuration file value for
SNTP server address
and
SNTP GMT offset
can
be configured to override the DHCP value. See
tcpIpApp.sntp.address.overrideDHCP
If you do not have control of your DHCP server or do not have the ability to set the DHCP
options, you will need to enable the handset to automatically discover the provisioning server
address. One way is to connect to a secondary DHCP server that responds to DHCP INFORM
queries with a requested provisioning server value. For more information, see
Provisioning Server Discovery
After the handset has established network connectivity it proceeds to the
Configuration
stage. In
this stage the following steps are carried out:
Software Update
Application of configuration settings relevant to a customer network