Yes we have settled the question. Most PBX's will probably use analog E&M if small, or Digital PRI/QSIG if larger.
You can run an IP phone off of a router with ITS or SRST, but I probably shouldn't be telling you that without the caveat that you need a license for either service. Contact your local cisco account rep, blah, blah, blah... ""Chuck's Long Road"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > so far as I know, this will not work. Cisco's IP phones are ethernet > devices, and must connect to a switch port. Well, you could use a hub if > you're looking for trouble. ;-> > > IP phones are more akin to PC's, servers, etc, and you can't plug a PC into > either an FXO or FXS port either. at least not and get it to do anything > useful. > > FXS and FXO are for telco connections only. FXS for analogue phone or fax. > FXO for connection to PBX or telco CO. > > Have we settled this question - that an FXS port provides telco signaling to > an FXO device? > > Chuck > > -- > > www.chuckslongroad.info > like my web site? > take the survey! > > > > ""Daniel Lafraia"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I'm wondering about buying a couple of Cisco Phones 7960 and a FXS card > for > > 2600 and play with it. Will I be able to have a good voice lab only with > > that? Maybe a FXO card and connect it in a regular phone line, is it > > possible? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" > > To: > > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:25 PM > > Subject: Re: OT: FXO FXS terminology - comments? [7:54331] > > > > > > [...] > > > > > Yes, you connect a phone to a router's FXS port. That's not because the > > > phone is a station, however. (That's what the NO referred to.) It's > becaue > > > the phone is an FXO device. > > > > > > FXS goes to FXO and vice versa. > > > > > > Yes a PBX connects to a router's FXO port. The PBX uses an FXS port in > > this > > > case. From the PBX point of view, it's connecting a phone. Makes sense > > > right? What do PBXes connect? Phones. From the router's point of view, > the > > > router is getting dial tone, etc. from the PBX. The router is an FXO in > > this > > > case. The router interface is labeled with what it is, as mentioned. > > > > > > OK, I will stop writing messages on this topic. I should just turn my > > > computer off. ;-) > > > > [...] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54389&t=54331 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
