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The 3CX IP PBX Tutorial
The biggest challenge is getting the gateway and the router or firewall in your phone system network to work correctly. For your first 3CX install, I'd recommend using a simple firewall to make your initial experience less tricky. We will be using a simple but hardy Linksys WRT54G as our device in the demonstration.
The Linksys WRT54G is very simple to set up and has a simple built-in DHCP server that will be handy for assigning phones and other devices' IP addresses. Set up the Linksys just like you would for a normal network.

The Linksys WAP54G is a very simple router that is great for getting started with 3CX. Amazingly, more robust firewalls will be more complex to get going with 3CX.
A very common mistake made related to routers is having two routers in a row. A common reason why this happens is that the modem from the ISP is also a router and the network administrator puts a small Wi-Fi firewall in too, effectively making all...
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