
Chapter6—UsingtheSoftware
140 MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways
Theprimaryadvantageofthewebinterfaceisremoteaccessforcontrolandconfiguration.ThecontrollerPC
andtheMultiVOIPunititselfmustbothbeconnectedtothesameIPnetworkandtheirIPaddressesmustbe
known.
Tousethewebinterface,gototheMulti‐Techftpsiteand
downloadtheversionoftheJavaRuntime
EnvironmentthatworkswiththecurrentreleaseoftheMultiVOIPunits.LinkstotheJREfollow:
Java6update11Windows32bit ftp://ftp.multitech.com/multivoip/java/jre ‐6u11‐windows ‐i586‐p.exe
Java6update11Windows64bit ftp://ftp.multitech.com/multivoip/java/jre ‐6u11‐windows ‐x64.exe
AftertheJavaprogramisinstalled,youcanaccesstheMultiVOIPusingthewebbrowserinterface.
1. Startthewebbrowser.
2. EntertheIPaddressoftheMultiVOIPunit.
3. Enterapasswordwhenprompted.ApasswordisneededonlyifapasswordissetforthelocalWindows
interfaceorfortheMultiVOIP’sFTPServerfunction.See“SettingaPassword‐‐WebBrowserinterface”
earlierinthischapter.
ThewebbrowserinterfaceoffersessentiallythesamecontrolovertheVOIPas
theWindowsinterface.Notethe
following:
● Loggingfunctionscannotbehandledthroughthewebinterface.
● NetworkcommunicationisslowerthandirectcommunicationsoveraserialPCcable. Assuch,com mand
executionissloweroverthewebbrowserinterfacethanovertheWindowsinterface.