3Com OCG VOICE EXPANSION -, User Manual

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What Can the OfficeConnect Gateway do? 1 - 5
What Can the
OfficeConnect
Gateway do?
The 3Com OfficeConnect Gateway family of IADs offers a complete
integrated voice and data solution ideally suited for small businesses. The
product family lets small and midsize businesses maximize the economy
of their DSL broadband Internet connections by transmitting voice and
data across wide area networks (WANs). These products function as
integrated access devices (IADs) that sit at the edge of the business
network.
The OfficeConnect Gateway combines signals from business phone
systems with data from PCs and other computers, and merges them for
transmission to the Internet and to the public switched telephone
network (PSTN). The OfficeConnect Gateway supports voice features
such as call forwarding, caller ID, and three-way calling, plus
data-networking features such as VPN initiation and termination, as well
as encryption and advanced fire wall filtering. In addition, you can add
the 3Com OfficeConnect Gateway Voice Expansion unit to either of the
OfficeConnect Gateway base units so that you can scale to 4,8 or 12
simultaneous voice lines by combining different units.
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By integrating voice and data over DSL broadband, the OfficeConnect
Gateway family greatly reduces the costs associated with leasing
multiple telephone lines
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The OfficeConnect Gateway Data-only base unit contains a built-in
voice expansion interface so users can choose to add voice capability
whenever their application needs change.
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The OfficeConnect Gateway family employs voice-over DSL (VoDSL)
technology, plus ATM QoS (Quality of Service) support with dynamic
bandwidth allocation, to optimize high voice quality.
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Easy-to-use Web-based interface and HTML/SNMP/Telnet access
simplify local management and facilitate remote configuration and
management.
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Robust VPN support includes tunnel initiation/termination for up to 16
tunnels, plus hardware-supported IPSec processing to speed VPN data
encryption.
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Continuous high-speed Internet and remote LAN access are delivered
via the DSL interface and autosensing 10/100 BASE-T-LAN port.
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The OfficeConnect Gateway supports full-featured TCP/IP routing,
advanced address translation, and multiple transport protocols,