SPA3102
Encyclopedia
The SPA3102 is a VoIP gateway and router powered by Linux. It is sold by Cisco
under the Linksys
brand.
The two Ethernet ports are to be used to act as a router between a modem and an internal network. The device can also be configured within an internal network by connecting only to the WAN Ethernet port.
Cisco
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under the Linksys
Linksys
Linksys by Cisco, commonly known as Linksys, is a brand of home and small office networking products now produced by Cisco Systems, though once a separate company founded in 1995 before being acquired by Cisco in 2003...
brand.
Hardware
The SPA3102 has:- One RJ-11 POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) Foreign exchange station (FXS) port.
- One PSTN Foreign exchange office (FXO) port.
- Two 100BaseT RJ-45 Ethernet ports.
The two Ethernet ports are to be used to act as a router between a modem and an internal network. The device can also be configured within an internal network by connecting only to the WAN Ethernet port.
Uses
The SPA3102 can be used in several ways:- To connect an analog phone to a VoIP service provider and a landline simultaneously. This permits:
- Calls incoming from either to be answered.
- Emergency calls to go through the landline.
- The landline to be used automatically if the VoIP service provider is unavailable.
- To connect a landline to an Asterisk (PBX)Asterisk (PBX)Asterisk is a software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange ; it was created in 1999 by Mark Spencer of Digium. Like any PBX, it allows attached telephones to make calls to one another, and to connect to other telephone services including the public switched telephone network and...
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