BELGACOM B-BOX, Инструкция по эксплуатации

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the Belgacom b-box. We are proud to provide you
with a powerful yet simple communication device for connecting your local area network
(LAN) to the Internet. For those who want to surf the Internet in the most secure way, this
router provides a convenient and powerful solution. The Belgacom b-box also enables
service providers to provide their residential and small office home office (SOHO)
customers with high-quality telephony service using traditional analog telephones and fax
machines.
About the Belgacom b-box
The Belgacom b-box provides Internet access to multiple users by sharing a single-user
account. It is a cost-efficient means for service providers to migrate their customers’
traditional analog telephones and fax machines onto IP-based networks. This new
technology provides many secure and cost-effective functions. It is simple to configure
and can be up and running in minutes.
Telephony over IP
Using Telephony over IP, instead of making calls over the regular telephone network, calls
are made over computer (IP) networks, either through your Internet Service Provider’s
connection or through your local network.
The basic steps involved in Telephony include the conversion of an analog voice signal to
digital, the encoding and then compression of the signal into Internet Protocol (IP) packets.
The Belgacom b-box is equipped with a digital signal processor (DSP), which segments the
voice signal into frames and stores them in voice packets. Using the industry standard
codecs, G.711, G.723.3 and G.729, these packets are encoded. These IP packets are then
transmitted in accordance with Internet Engineer Task Force specification SIP over the
Internet to their destination where the process is reversed.
Important information
• Please install and connect the product in the way as described in the chapter ‘Before You
Start Guide’ only. This assures best installation results with the least technical hassles.
• Please read this guide carefully before using the ADSL Wireless Base Station; and keep it
for future reference.
• During set-up and installation, it may be helpful to have the instructions for your PC and
other network components at hand.
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