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Linksys PAP2T Static IP Set UP:

Sometimes it becomes advantageous to assign a static IP for your linksys PAP2T adapter. Without the static IP, the linksys PAP2T adapter will obtain different IP address each time you reboot your ATA unit or your broadband router. This will demand you to find the IP address for your ATA device each time you want to interact or access your linksys ATA settings through the web admin.

Assigning static IP will also allow us to perform port forwarding on the broadband router to the linksys ATA unit. To learn more about port forwarding, please check out the "Trendnet broadband Router Port Forwarding tutorial". The linksys troubleshooting manual suggests that the UDP ports (5060, 5061, 53, 69, 10000-20000) should be forwarded to the IP address of linksys ATA unit.

Static IP Set Up Tutorial:

Step1: Finding the Gateway, Netmask, and DNS server address.

To get the required information, logon to any computer connected to your broadband router that has successful internet connection. Now go to "Start" menu and select the "Run" command.

Type in "CMD" on the run window as shown on the left and click ok. you will get the command prompt.

On the DOS command prompt window, type in "IPCONFIG/ALL" as shown on the figure on the left hand side.

Press Enter button.

You will get a bunch of information. but you should look at the ones that are shown on the left side picture. Now note down your

1...Subnet Mask Address: Note down this address (example: 255.255.255.0)

2...DNS Server Address: Note down this address ( the last set of digits is erased on the picture shown for privacy reasons)

3...Default Gateway Address: Note down this address ( the last set of digits is erased on the picture shown for privacy reasons)

Find your ATA IP address by pressing ****110# on your handset and note it down. Now you can access the web admin interface of your ATA device by typing in http://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/ on your web browser. Click on the Admin Login link as shown on the picture on your left side. After this click on the Advanced View link. Once you get to the Advanced view screen, click on system tab as shown in the picture below.

Step 2: Assigning static IP address to your ATA Unit.

On the system tab (shown in picture above), enter the following information.

DHCP:No

Static IP: The IP address you want to assign your ATA unit. If you are not sure, you can use the current IP address of your ATA unit. You can find this by pressing ****110# on your handset and hearing to the Interactive Voice Response.

Gateway: Use address you found above

NetMask: Use address you found above

Primary and Secondary DNS: Use the Information you found above for the primary DNS server. Sometimes, your broadband internet provider might offer secondary dns server address also. If you have that, then you can enter the secondary DNS server address , but the secondary dns server is optional.

Primary NTP Server: 0.pool.ntp.org

Secondary NTP Server: 1.pool.ntp.org

NTP server details are optional. These servers will help you to maintain the correct time on your ATA device.

Now save the settings.

Note: Make sure you get dial tone from your handset connected to your ATA device.


Step 3: Entering Regional Information

Now go to the Regional TAB as shown in the picture below. Under the Miscellaneous section enter the following information

FXS Port Impedance: 600 (for US based PSTN network use 600, refer the PAP2T Administration manual for more details)

Time Zone: You can find the time zone for your city using the website www.timeanddate.com

Set Local Date: The current month and day

Set Local Time: The current time in 24 hour format.

Save all the settings. You are done.