27  VoIP Subscriber Gateways 
 
-  Periodic inform enable – when checked, integrated TR-069 client performs periodic ACS 
server polling at intervals equal to 'Periodic inform interval' value, in seconds. Goal of 
the polling is to identify possible changes in the device configuration. 
ACS connection request: 
-  Username, Password – username and password used by client to access ACS server. 
Client connection request: 
-  Username,  Password –  username and password used by  ACS server to  access TR-069 
client. 
Software updating, changing and reading a current configuration, rebooting and resetting to the 
default settings can be implemented via TR-069 protocol. 
NAT settings: 
If there is a NAT (network address translation) between the client and ACS server, ACS server 
may not be able to establish the connection to client without specific technologies intended to prevent 
such  situations.  These  technologies  allow  the  client  to  identify  its  so-called  public  address  (NAT 
address or in other words external address of a gateway that covers the client.) When public address is 
identified, the client reports it to the server that uses this public address for establishing connection to 
the client in the future. 
-  NAT  Mode -  determines how the client should receive information about their public 
address. Available modes: 
  STUN – use STUN protocol for public address identification; 
  Manual  –  manual  mode,  when  public  address  is  explicit  in  configuration;  in  this 
mode, you should add a forwarding rule on a device that acts as a NAT for TCP port 
used by TR-069 client; 
  Off–NAT  will  not  be  used  –  this  mode  is  recommended  only  when  the  device  is 
directly connected to ACS server without network address translation. In this case, 
public address will match local client address. 
When choosing STUN client operation mode, you should define the following settings:  
-  STUN server address – STUN server IP address or domain name; 
-  STUN server port – STUN server UDP port (3478 by default); 
-  Minimum keep alive period, seconds and Maximum keep alive period, seconds – define 
the  time interval  in  seconds  for  periodic transmission  of  messages  to  STUN server  in 
order to identify public address modification.