User's Manual

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone Installation and Administration Guide
8
OBTAINING A NETWORK ADDRESS
Connecting to a network with DHCP
After the B179 Conference Phone connects to a DHCP network, the phone requests for the
network parameters.
To enable DHCP:

In the web UI, go to Settings > Network. Set the DHCP option to Enabled.

In the phone UI, Press
and select
Settings > Advanced (requires the Admin
password) > Network > IP > DHCP. Set the DHCP option to On.
DHCP Site-specic option (SSON)
You can assign the values of site-specic conguration parameters by using DHCP SSON.
You can enable SSON by any of the following methods.

Open the conguration le in an editor. In the <dev_mgmt> tag, set the value of the
<dhcp_option> parameter.

In the web interface of the phone, go to Settings > Provisioning > DHCP Option.

In the phone UI, Press
and select
Settings > Advanced (requires the Admin
password) > Network > DHCP Option.
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The default value for DHCP SSON is 242. B179 supports SSON from 128 to 254, and option
60 for backward compatibility.