Configure Your Cisco SPA Phone

Register a Cisco SPA phone on SIPcity using manual SIP configuration.

1. Cisco SPA – IP Phones

Connect the Cisco SPA to the SIPcity service using the steps below.

Note – Cisco does not support encryption for remote device configuration.

1.1 Cisco SPA Web UI

  1. Find the phone’s IP address by pressing the Settings button on the handset (highlighted in the screenshot below).
  2. Navigate to Network (9) > Current IP and copy the IP address.
  3. Access advanced settings by typing http://<address>/admin/advanced into your browser (e.g. 192.168.1.168/admin/advanced).

1.2 Extension tabs

Configure the Cisco SPA using the Extension tabs. Complete the following settings:

1. General

  • Line Enable: Set to Yes

2. Proxy and Registration

  • Proxy + Outbound Proxy: call.sipcity.com.au
  • Register: Yes
  • Reg Expires: 120

3. Subscriber information

  • Display Name: Can be a human name or phone number
  • Auth ID: Full phone number including country code (e.g. +612…)
  • User ID: Full phone number including country code

Additional extensions

If you are not registering additional lines on the Cisco SPA, disable the remaining extensions:

  • Ext2, Ext3, Ext4: Set Line Enable to No

2. Time zones

  1. Type the IP address into your browser followed by /admin/advanced (e.g. 192.168.36.172/admin/advanced).
  2. Navigate to System > Optional Network Configuration > Primary NTP.
  3. Enter time.google.com.

Daylight saving time rules

  1. Type the IP address into your browser followed by /admin/advanced (e.g. 192.168.36.172/admin/advanced).
  2. Navigate to Regional > Miscellaneous > Daylight Saving Time Rule.
  3. Enter the rule: start=10/30/-7/2:0:0;end=4/1/7/2:0:0;save=1

3. Restart your Cisco SPA

  1. Press the Settings key.
  2. Select Device administration.
  3. Select Restart.
  4. Select OK when prompted to reboot.
  5. The phone will restart.