Connect Your Phone to the Internet

To place calls or update itself, the phone will need to be connected to the internet. IP phones, like your Fanvil phone, can receive an internet connection through ethernet, Wi-Fi, and daisy chaining. 

Use an Ethernet Connection

To connect a phone to the network using ethernet, connect an ethernet (RJ45) cable to the Internet port of the phone and then connect the other end of the cable to a source of internet. 

Use Wi-Fi to Connect

When it is not possible to use ethernet cables to connect a phone to the internet, Wi-Fi can be used on the phones. 

Enable Wi-Fi

1. Push the Menu softkey and select Basic. 
2. In the Basic menu, select 9. WLAN.
3. Use the left or right navigation keys to select Enabled.
4. Press the OK softkey.

Connect to a Network

Once WLAN, or Wi-Fi, has been enabled on the phone, there will now be more options available in the WLAN menu.

1. In the WLAN menu, select 4. Available Network.
   
2. In the Available Network menu, use the navigational buttons to hover over your network's name and press the Link soft-menu key.
   
   

   Quick Tip: If you cannot find your network's name in the list, press the Scan soft-menu key.
   

    
3. In the Enter Password prompt, use the dialpad to type in your internet network's password.
   
4. If needed, use the 123 softkey to switch input modes.
   

   Note: The input methods are 123 (numbers only), abc (lower-case letters), ABC (upper-case letters), Abc (mix of capital and lower-case letters), and 2aB (all three). 

   To get the letter you need you will press the associated number until you see that letter pop up. 
      - For example, if your password starts with an uppercase “V”, you will want your input mode to be set to ABC before pressing the number 8 on the dial pad 3 times. 

   For any special characters, you will need to use the * key.

    
5. Once you have the password typed in, press the OK soft-menu key to connect.

Use a Daisy Chain Connection

Our phones can pass along a network connection to another IP device (such as a computer or another phone) through Daisy Chaining.

Daisy chains are used for connecting devices when there is only one point of connection to the network available. This technique is handy when a router or switch has all of its ports full or a room that is missing an ethernet port in the wall. 

To daisy chain devices together… 

1. Plug an extra ethernet cable into the PC port of the connected phone.
   
   

   Note: The PC port may appear with an icon that looks like a computer instead of saying “PC”.

    
2. Plug the other end of the cable into the Network port of the second phone.