A genuine start??…………well, I never (did)!

For the first time in past few months I woke up at 4 in the morning. At first, the whole feeling was unreal to me, “ah, it’s 4 am and I’m conscious”. I felt fresh like never before.

My amazement ended only when I realized it was because of my (or everyones) urge to store water, for god knows how many days (thanks to the untimely routine set by metro water supply department). This was my time to carry the trouble otherwise it was my friend on other occassions.

Having finished the task (a real chore for me), I was riffling through a paper called SOON handed to me the other day by a friend of mine. While in the course, suddenly, my poor blog occurred to me. I have a blog just for the name or as you can say for the sake of having one. Blogs, remain alive with user-generated contents (correct me here if sound off) and when users are not participating, it holds no importance. For me, mine was just there on the web, stale, craving for updates. In truest sense, it is proper misuse of the webspace (provided for free). And here I stand, a prefect example.

I’m happy though, I woke up early and got this inspiration. It’s never too late. I’m gonna give a meaning to my blog, rekindle it with my purest ideas and thoughts.

My mind needs a little brush up though.

This post indicates the start………...

Basic Installation and Configuration Guide, Planet ATA (VIP-157/157S), For Internet Telephony

      ATA (what is?)

An analog telephone adaptor (ATA) is a device used to connect a standard telephone to a computer or network so that the user can make calls over the Internet. Internet-based long distance calls can be substantially cheaper than calls transmitted over the traditional telephone system, and ATAs are typically cheaper than specialized VoIP phones that connect directly to a computer's Universal Serial Bus (USB) port.

There are several types of analog telephone adapters. All ATAs create a physical connection between a phone and a computer or a network device; some perform analog-to-digital conversion and connect directly to a VoIP server, while others use software for either or both of these tasks.

1.Getting Started

There are different scenarios in which ATA can be placed in between your PC and internet connection devices (routers, modems).

• First of all make sure which device you are using for internet connection like router a simple modem.

• If you are using a modem, the installation or connection should be like below:-

A network switch should be placed between ATA, pc and modem like illustrated in the above diagram. The physical connection media should be straight through UTP network cables with RJ-45 connectors. Detailed descriptions about ATA ports and peripherals connections will be dealt later in the guide.

•  If you are using a router, then your connection scene should match this diagram.

Network cable with internet connection should find place in the internet/WAN port of your router. Computers and ATA are then to be connected via Ethernet/LAN ports of your router (normally most routers come with 4 Ethernet ports).

• Incase of modem and a single pc, you need not go about buying a switch. Planet ATAs comes with a pc port with which you can connect your computer to internet and use it as a soft phone as well. The solution is illustrated as below:-

      anyone interested in this topic, please leave comment and let me know. i would email him/her the full installation guide document. i worked for an IT company back home as a client support person. i used to configure and install these VoIP devices by planet company from Taiwan.

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