Re: interfacing with modem through ATA

From	J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: interfacing with modem through ATA
Date	2014-01-05 01:29 -0500
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On 1/4/14, 11:49 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> J Burns wrote:
>>>
>> My VOIP provider gives me two lines although I don't need them.
>
>> The manual for my ATA doesn't seem to say what protocol it uses.  Maybe
>> the protocol depends on the firmware.
>>
>> I see SIP came from the IP community, and most other VOIP protocols came
>> from the telecommunications community.
>
>
> There is a 99% chance it is SIP. That's the standard used in VoIP.
>
> Asterisk systems can use a protocol called IAX between them, but it's
> not something you see in an ATA very often.

I went to VOIPO's site.  Under "Advanced Features," it says every 
account has a SIP address by default, and every outgoing call can be 
routed by a SIP address.
>
>>
>> I see a SIP phone is connected between the router and the computer, like
>> my ATA.  Why would it, but not my ATA, let me pull up my modem with Safari?
>
> To use a SIP phone, you would get a small hub and "split" the ethernet
> connection.
>
> Some SIP phones have built in hubs, so that when you added your phone, you
> did not have to run a second ethernet cable. For example, I have several
> 2000 vintage Cisco "IP phones" that have it. I don't use them (the internal
> hub).
>
> If you did use the internal hub, the SIP phone would use 1 IP address and
> pass data through it to your computer. It would NOT intercept it like the ATA.
>
> Geoff.
>
>
I don't often want to check my modem with Safari.  I guess I'll just 
bypass the ATA on those occasions.

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interfacing with modem through ATA J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-04 13:21 -0500
  Re: interfacing with modem through ATA "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-04 18:44 +0000
    Re: interfacing with modem through ATA J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-04 14:31 -0500
      Re: interfacing with modem through ATA "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-05 00:39 +0000
        Re: interfacing with modem through ATA J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-04 22:20 -0500
          Re: interfacing with modem through ATA "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-05 04:49 +0000
            Re: interfacing with modem through ATA J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-05 01:29 -0500

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