A telephone device for operating in accordance with one or more national standards comprising: one or more telephone ports to couple to a local exchange; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the telephone device (10 being characterized in that the processor (110 is programmed to accept a plurality of downloadable values that can be downloaded to the telephony device from a workstation over an Internet Protocol network and stored in the memory, wherein each of the plurality of values are defined as a management information base object or a management information base table that includes one or more management information base objects, said plurality of values including: a first set of management information base objects, one set for each of the one or more telephone ports, said first set of management information base objects controlling a first set of operations of the telephony device, said first set of operations including hook flash operations, pulse dialing operations, jitter buffer size, debounce characteristics, transmitter gain and receiver gain; a second set of management information base objects, a number of which are independent of a number of the one or more telephone ports, said second set of management information base objects controlling a second set of operations of the telephony device, said second set of operations including caller identification functionality; a first management information base table controlling pulse signaling operations for the telephony device; a second management information base table controlling ringing cadence operations for the telephony device; and a third management information base table controlling tone operations for the telephony device. one or more telephone ports to couple to a local exchange; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the telephone device (10 being characterized in that the processor (110 is programmed to accept a plurality of downloadable values that can be downloaded to the telephony device from a workstation over an Internet Protocol network and stored in the memory, wherein each of the plurality of values are defined as a management information base object or a management information base table that includes one or more management information base objects, said plurality of values including: a first set of management information base objects, one set for each of the one or more telephone ports, said first set of management information base objects controlling a first set of operations of the telephony device, said first set of operations including hook flash operations, pulse dialing operations, jitter buffer size, debounce characteristics, transmitter gain and receiver gain; a second set of management information base objects, a number of which are independent of a number of the one or more telephone ports, said second set of management information base objects controlling a second set of operations of the telephony device, said second set of operations including caller identification functionality; a first management information base table controlling pulse signaling operations for the telephony device; a second management information base table controlling ringing cadence operations for the telephony device; and a third management information base table controlling tone operations for the telephony device. a first set of management information base objects, one set for each of the one or more telephone ports, said first set of management information base objects controlling a first set of operations of the telephony device, said first set of operations including hook flash operations, pulse dialing operations, jitter buffer size, debounce characteristics, transmitter gain and receiver gain; a second set of management information base objects, a number of which are independent of a number of the one or more telephone ports, said second set of management information base objects controlling a second set of operations of the telephony device, said second set of operations including caller identification functionality; a first management information base table controlling pulse signaling operations for the telephony device; a second management information base table controlling ringing cadence operations for the telephony device; and a third management information base table controlling tone operations for the telephony device.