What a way to be on the net and makes VoIP calls through the same device. It's been a while since SME (small and medium enterprises) have been keeping a watch on the market in search for a device which could bring them both internet and Internet telephony together. The wait is over in the form of AVM's new product 'Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7050'.
This device looks elegant in dark red plastic pack and has ability to connect to the internet using your ADSL/DSL connection, a wireless access point and a private branch exchange (PBX) for VoIP phone calls. There isn't much to configure in the device and has very easy installation and configuration guide which helps you setup the device once and for all. You don't even have to change your phones for that. Rare side has input ports for DSL/ADSL RJ-11, two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports to connect to your internal network, a wireless antenna for Wi-Fi access, two RJ-11 phone ports which use can use to connect it to your phone or a fax, single USB port and a 2 slots for plugging in ISDN phones. Plug-in the external power supply and it all the necessary cables to your Wi-Fi, Ethernet network, standard phone lines, ISDN line to make sure we configure them all at once. Run the setup program from the CD-ROM and proceed through the user friendly installation process to configure your device in few minutes as the router quickly identifies the port connected and the signal from your local telephone exchange. Enter your broadband username and password to get the subscription authenticated and the broadband will light-up. The connection will be linked with a downstream rate of 8Mbps and upstream rate 1 Mbps. depending upon your subscription level, you may change these values. Some advanced features allow you perform port forwarding to a server on your local network, for example, a Web Server. It also has features to enable Dynamic DNS which precisely link your local network back to the Internet. Logging and diagnostic features allows you to know more about the kind of traffic your device is being hit with. In same way you can setup your wireless LAN with both WEP and WPA security encryption systems running on 802.11b & g standards. You get actual returns on your investment when you experience the VoIP functionality as you can configure call routing to either your fixed line or over the IP network using the internet. Forwarding it to an IP based destination can allow making full use of inbound and outbound FREE VoIP minutes from Voice Gateway Provider SIPGATE. Refer there website to get more information. Apart from that, you can get phone alarm, call barring, call filters, called ID, easy call rejection on busy, call list and can keep a track of each call by sending a detailed notification to administrator's email. Apart from that this device is certified by security specialist TUV Rheinland, has a firewall with stateful packet inspection and secures port forwarding, DHCP server with IP reservation and many more features. No complains as every SME would want to make this small unit a member of there network.
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