Switchvox - How to configure Phone Networks for local Sangoma Phones

This article assumes you've already configured the Access Control Rules, for local Sangoma phones.
 
Phone Networks determine how a Sangoma Phone should behave, depending on its assigned IP address and network mask. These settings define how Sangoma phones, on different networks, should contact Switchvox. For example, a remote phone would typically contact Switchvox via an external public address, and an internal phone would generally connect via Switchvox's local server address. Non-Sangoma phones ignore the Phone Networks settings.
 
By default, only the Internal and All Networks are populated. The Internal is the local Switchvox subnet. All Networks is everything else, outside of the Internal subnet. Additional entries are also populated when adding Additional Local Networks, on the IP Configuration page. ***
 
When configuring a new Phone Network:

1. The Network is the IP address and Netmask of the network where Sangoma Phones could be located. This should be the IP address that the phone obtains and uses to identify itself on this network. 

2. The Host Address is Switchvox's IP address to be used by a Sangoma Phone located on this network. The default Phone Networks entries (Internal and All Networks) are automatically populated so that Host Address is the same as Switchvox's internal and external IP addresses in IP Configuration. 

3. For Direct Port Access, set this to YES if the phone, while on this network, has access to these ports on Switchvox:

   • Port 80, for getting phone firmware. (If a remote phone cannot reach your Switchvox to get phone firmware, the phone will get the firmware from Sangoma's servers).

   • Port 443, for getting additional files and accessing Switchvox's API.
      
     Normally a phone just uses port 5060 for all of these activities, and for handling calls. But, if this is set to YES, the phone uses those ports as indicated. This is useful because those protocols are better suited for those activities. That's why the default phone network Internal is set to YES.