A gateway for an internet telephone system manages calls to and from
personal computers and enables the personal computers to use the internet
telephone system with an IP address assigned by a DHCP server or a
private IP address. The gateway has a LAN receiver for processing an
incoming call from the Internet or a personal computer, a line
transmitter for processing an outgoing call to a telephone according to a
request from the LAN receiver, a line receiver for processing an incoming
call from a telephone, a LAN transmitter for processing an outgoing call
to the Internet or a personal computer according to a request from the
line receiver, and a logger for logging information about calls according
to requests from the LAN transmitter and line transmitter. If the LAN
receiver receives an incoming call from a LAN and if the incoming call
accompanies an IP address as a receiver address, the LAN receiver
requests the LAN transmitter to make a call based on the incoming call,
and the LAN transmitter requests the logger to log information about the
call.