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Chapter 2
Installation Procedures
Set Up the Hardware Environment
Figure 2-5
Cisco 67x Connected through an Internal POTS Splitter
Note
The POTS splitter can also be installed adjacent to the telephone
network interface device (NID) on the outside of the house.
EZ-DSL™ (Splitterless) Configuration
Note
This configuration applies to the Cisco 627, Cisco 675, Cisco 675e,
Cisco 676, Cisco 677, and Cisco 678 only.
In the EZ-DSL configuration, your telephone equipment is not connected to a
POTS splitter. Without a POTS splitter and under certain circumstances, transient
noise from a telephone can interfere with the router’s operation, and the router can
cause noise on the telephone line. To prevent this from happening, small
Telephone
NID
35386
Ethernet
Hub
Cisco 67x
Voice
Data
POTS
Splitter
