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10 Reference Information for Network Administrators
The following section summarizes the information that a system administrator may need about the
Francotyp-Postalia PostBase meter.
The PostBase meter requires (preferably) an Ethernet connection, with a minimum of 10 Mbit/sec, in
order to able to download postal funds from a Francotyp-Postalia server. Ethernet cables of class
CAT5E are recommended. For this it normally uses TCP/IP (v4 only) through an https connection
using TLS v1.2 over port 443. In certain cases it may also use an http connection over port 80. These
two ports must therefore be enabled in any firewall. It will attempt to make a connection to
*.francotyp.com (* will vary from country to country).
The meter may be configured to use DHCP (default) or, alternatively, it may be configured to use a
fixed IP address, in which case the IP address of the meter, subnet mask, gateway and DNS server
information must be manually entered.
A proxy server may also be configured, in which case the IP address and port of the proxy will be
needed. Proxy servers without authentication are supported, however the meter can also use ‘basic’
or ‘digest’ authentication methods (using a user name and password; the digest uses an MD5
checksum). NTLM is not supported as an authentication method.
The meter may also use a modem connection over a telephone line, however this mechanism is no
longer recommended. In this case an 56,000 baud modem line is required.
10.1 Summary of Configured Connection
Use this form to record the settings you have used for your reference.
10.1.1 DHCP
10.1.2 Fixed IP Address (if DHCP not enabled)
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
10.1.3 Proxy Server
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
__________
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