Installation guide

Page 8 Blue Chips Magazine — August 2007
Q. When connecting my DVC-1000,
DVC-1100 or DVC-2000 behind a [any]
router or firewall, what ports do I need
to open, and how do I open them?
A. The DVC-1000, DVC-1100 and
DVC-2000 require port 1720 (TCP)
and ports 15328-15333 (TCP and UDP)
open to function properly. Consult your
router’s documentation or your network
administrator for help with doing this
(or, better still, you can call D-Link’s
Outstanding 24x7 Tech Support).
Very Important Note: You
will need the IP address of your
DVC-1100 to forward ports in all,
repeat ALL, of the in-line routers,
firewalls and servers (except the
Internet Cable Modem).
Very Important Note. I am
told by my inside contact friend,
however, that the new D-Link
Routers, the DIR-655 (See Part 4
(September 2007 BCM) of these
Reviews), for example, do have
this, including other Devices in the
Network, as well, in a simple 1-Step
Dropdown list and Save process.
Hoorah!
The “How To” (Continued)
The DVC-1100 features a very
intuitive on-screen user interface and
keyboard (plus the phone-like remote
keypad, when it’s needed. Please see
Step 3 graphic above), thus making
it simple to answer incoming Video-
Phone calls, or to initiate new calls,
and to browse through all the names
and numbers in the built-in phonebook
directory. Also, and this is the best
part, you can easily make changes to
personalize your video conferencing
display, using the phone-like remote
keypad.
When you pick up the phone to call
out, the default communication mode
is like a normal telephone (PSTN). You
even get the standard dial tone and the
usual ringing sound you’re used to
hearing in a normal phone. The most
notable difference is, you press the “*”
button and select your destination from
a Speed-Dial List (or, you can dial
it manually, just like you always
do) to begin your VideoPhone call. The
DVC-1100 accepts both PSTN and VoIP
incoming calls, allowing you to receive
both VideoPhone (i.e., conference)
and normal telephone calls. Here’s the
“scoop” on how it’s actually done.
The DVC-1100’s unique Auto IP
Mapping feature makes initiating a Vid-
eoPhone call over the Internet as simple
as dialing a phone number. Instead of
identifying your DVC-1100 by an IP
address, it is identified by an assigned
(one of your own choosing) “phone
number.” As incoming DVC-1100 call-
ers dial that phone number, a remote
Directory Service provided “Free
of Charge” by D-Link automatically
converts it into your Videophones’ corre-
sponding (i.e., “Dynamic”) IP address.
Note. This is an extremely vital fea-
ture of the DVC-1100, since most home
users have Cable /DSL Modem connec-
tions with “dynamic” IP addresses
that can change every time they log on
to the Internet. The D-Link Directory
keeps track of the “dynamic” IP ad-
dress changes so that your call is routed
to the correct VideoPhone. This is a very,
very special “FREE” service that works
on all of their Routers that hasn’t
been adequately publicized by D-Link,
in my humble opinion.
Topping the list of Benefits, if
you are setting up the DVC-1100
in your living/family room (like
I have for Donna and I - and you
most likely will too), you’re auto-
matically covered in “That Some-
thing Special Added to the Mix”
that I brought up in Part 2 for you.
Now Onward and Upward.
Home Network Building With D-
Link Products - Like All Mine Are
The DVC-1100 (located in our liv-
ing/family room) is “wirelessly” con-
nected to my existing DI-624 Wireless
Ethernet Broadband Router (or,
it could just as easily be a DI-614,
DIR-655, et al.) which is actually lo-
cated in Donna’s computer room. There-
fore, it is already an integral part of my
extensive Peer-to-Peer Home Network,
which of course, includes all the dedi-
cated wireless portions (See Graphic of
our P2P network below). Bottom Line.
The actual connection to our HDTV and
subsequent setting up of the DVC-1100
is literally a snap.
Optional Equipment
The DVC-1100 works with
several other components. For
instance:
The D-Link DVC-10 is an optional
Wide Angle Focal Lens that connects
to both DVC-1000 and DVC-1100 Vid-
eoPhones. The D-Link DVC-10 uses a
2.9mm focal length and a 5.5mm back