On Feb 17, 2:01pm, "Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote:
} Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote:
} > John Neiberger wrote:
} > >
} > > So, the FXS or FXO port on the router is labeled from the
} > > perspective of the device that connects to it?
} >
} > NO. It's labelled as what it IS.
} >
} > > In other words, a station connects to
} > > an FXS port? And a PBX connects to an FXO port?
} >
} > NO.
}
} The large NO might be a bit mis-placed. ;-)
Yep.
} 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
Yes, a phone is a station.
} the phone is an FXO device.
No, it is most definitely not an FXO device.
} FXS goes to FXO and vice versa.
Yes.
} Yes a PBX connects to a router's FXO port. The PBX uses an FXS port in this
A PBX can connect to either type of port.
} right? What do PBXes connect? Phones. From the router's point of view, the
PBXs are switches that connect between COs and Stations. (Usually
there are more Stations then trunk lines.)
} router is getting dial tone, etc. from the PBX. The router is an FXO in
this
It can happen either way.
} case. The router interface is labeled with what it is, as mentioned.
No, the router interface is labelled for the type of device that
connects to it.
}-- End of excerpt from "Priscilla Oppenheimer"
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