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Perform the First Boot/Initial Setup
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Connect the Primary Signaling Port: eth0 to a LAN Switch
Connect Laptop to LAN Switch
Configure Laptop to IP address: 192.168.168.1/24
Using Laptop web browser go to URL: http://192.168.168.2:81
Login via
Username: root, Password: sangoma
Change Password
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Select Services from side/top System Menu
Enable or disable Secure Shell service
Service | Description | Status |
Samba/Windows NetBIOS | Windows NetBIOS server | Not used / Not required |
MySQL | MySQL database | Not used / Not required |
Samba/Windows Server | Windows File server | Not used / Not required |
Time Server | Network Time Protocol | Should be configured and enabled. Note: There must be internet access to reach the NTP service. |
Web Server | web/httpd server | Not used / Not required |
Gateway Service | NSG VoIP to SS7 gateway | Do not configure it here Use Control Panel |
Logging Services | Syslog, logging service | Should be configured and enabled. |
Samba/Windows Winband | Not used/ Not required | |
Secure Shell | SSH server | Should be configured and enabled. |
System Scheduler/Cron | System scheduler | Should be configured and enabled |
System Watch | System watch | Should be configured and enabled |
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This section can only be used to modify/configure IP, Host, DNS information for Physical Network interfaces eth0 and eth1.
Default Route/Gateway
To configure a system default route through the IP Settings section, the appropriate interface role type to use is “External”. The External interfaces get associated to the default system route.
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One should take this into account when assigning IP addresses to eth0,eth1 or VLAN interfaces. Confirm that ip address range set does not conflict with eth2 media transcoding network interface.
VLAN Config IP & Routes
VLAN’s can be configured in section Configuration-> VLAN
VLAN can be configured on top of eth0 and eth1 network interface only.
All VLAN related configuration such as IP address, VLAN ID and VLAN routes must be configured in VLAN configuration section only.
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Select VLAN Status from side/top Overview Menu
Second table shows full system routing table.
VLAN
Virtual local area network, virtual LAN or VLAN is a concept of partitioning a physical network, so that distinct broadcast domains are created. NSG mark’s packets through tagging, so that a single interconnect (trunk) may be used to transport data for various VLANs.
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Select VLAN from side/top Configuration Menu
Copy in the VLAN configuration script below into the file editor
Save
On save the VLAN configuration will be applied
Proceed to VLAN Status confirm VLAN configuration
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The VLAN network interfaces are created over physical network interface. Make sure that the physical network interface eth0 or eth1 are configured in IP Settings, before attempting to configure VLAN on top of them eth0 or eth1. The Save/Apply post processing will display VLAN configuration status |
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An optional route can be created to point to a gateway within a VLAN network
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Only routes related to VLAN interfaces are allowed in the VLAN configuration section |
Warning |
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If a system default route needs to go through a VLAN
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Select VLAN Status from side/top Overview Menu
This page shows
All configured VLANs
System Routing table
Individual VLAN configuration
Individual VLAN IP information
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Confirm that VLAN Interface contains the correct IP address. If the IP address is not set, the VLAN configuration has not been set properly |
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Proceed to the next section, or If finished all gateway configuration, proceed to Apply to generate configs
Applying Configuration
The changes made in the Configuration section of the WebUI are only stored one the scratch disk. User MUST proceed to Apply page in the Management Section to save new configuration.
Select Apply from side/top Configuration Menu
Visually confirm the warnings
License warning need to be resolved with Sales
Select Generate Config to apply the configuration to file/disk.
Generate Config will generate all necessary NSG SS7 VoIP Gateway configuration files needed to successful start the NSG gateway
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When the Gateway starts successfully the green status bar will appear.
System is now running.
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Before attempting to pass traffic through the gateway, proceed to TDM Status to check the state of the NSG gateway. There is no point of attempting calls while the status of the gateway protocol is down. |