When Would I Use A VOIP Adapter?
Traditional Analogue phones can be integrated with the help of VoIP Analogue Telephone Adapters to make VoIP calls over the internet. By connecting an existing phone in the users home or office with a VoIP Adapter, users can benefit from making inexpnsive long distance phone calls. It is connected to the internet and the computer (by using a VoIP adapter) needn't be switched on. The two ports used for such a connection purpose are FXO and FXS ports. FXO ports connects to the telephone line. A VoIP adapter has none or maximum one FXO port. By this port, user can switch betweeb VoIP calls and traditional phone calls. FXS port connects to analogue phones or fax machines. There may be one or two FXS port in a VoIP adapter. The VoIP provider provides the VoIP adapter. There are many kinds of VoIP adapters available in the market and users can choose from among them. Following are some of the most popular ones. 1.VoIP Analog Telephone Adapter Relatively cheap and easy to use , the SPA-1001 is used to connect connect a traditional telephone line to a. IP network. The SPA-1001 VoIP adapter is highly compact. It can be used at home as well as in office. It is of the size of a deck of cards and weighs approximztely 80 grams. SPA-1001 VoIP adapter has advanced features of Sipura's Technology. SPA-1001 VoIP adapter has one RJ-11 Plain Old telephone Service port. It is used to connect to traditional analog phones or fax machines. SPA-1001 VoIP adapter can be connected to the home or office LAN by its ethernet interface. 2. The SPA-2000 2 Port FXS VoIP Adapter It is inexpensive and an easy to use VOIP adapter. It connects the traditional phone lines to an IP based network. The SPA-2000 2 Port FXS VoIP adapter can be connected to the home or office LAN by its ethernet interface. This VoIP adapter has two POTS which can be used to connect to traditional analog phone or fax machines. 3. KTA2110 VoIP Terminal Adapter The KTA2110 VoIP Terminal Adapter coverts a traditional phone into an IP phone. Users can then use their traditional phones to make inexpensive long distance phone calls. This VoIP adapter also supports calling features like call forwarding, caller ID display, etc. Some of the features of this VoIP adapter are 1. SIP protocol 2. Consumer or Family Use VoIP Adapter 3. 1 FXS Port, 1 PSTN Port 4. 2 Ethernet Ports 5. Bridge/Router Function |
