setting up VPN to remote program BCM 450 2

[TnPhoneguy]

I give up on dial-up. What can I tell the IT manager I need to set up a VPN so I can program several BCM 450s from the office. Dial up through a PRI is not getting it.
Thanks

 

[oldestgeek]

Nothing special. Just give them the IP address you're trying to reach. I have a lot of them set up and never had to have them set up in any special way. I assume they just opened all ports to that address.

 

[telcodog]

All the IT guys need to do is open up port 5989 to give you access to the BCM. Unfortunately you won't be able to get into the voicemail though. It requires port 443 but they usually already use that for themselves. Why Nortel chose the default FTP port is anyone's guess. If their internet connection has multiple public addresses and there is one not being used, you can ask them to dedicate it to the BCM, then you could forward 443 from that address.