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IP Telephony
Introduction to IP Telephony
IP telephony, namely voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), is also called broadband telephony or
Internet telephony. It utilizes Internet Protocol (IP) network technologies to implement voice
communication. During a VoIP call, voice signals are digitized, encoded, packetized, and transmitted
as packets over a network. On the receiving side, the packets are then decoded, and digital signals
are converted to reproduce the original voice streams, which can be heard by the called party.
Different from traditional PSTN calls, VoIP calls are transported over IP networks, meaning voice
streams are transmitted over users' existing broadband Internet. This makes full use of broadband
resources.
Configuring VoIP
The HG658 V2 supports VoIP. You can place VoIP calls after your phone is connected to the
Phone
port on the HG658 V2.
To use the HG658 V2 to place VoIP calls, ask your network service provider to activate VoIP services
for you. By default, your network service provider will have all related parameters, such as the VoIP
account and address, set for you. You will not need to configure any settings to place VoIP calls.
To configure voice services, do as follows:
1.
Configure a VoIP provider.
a.
Choose
Telephony
>
VoIP
to display the VoIP provider page.
b.
Click
New VoIP provider
.
c.
Enter the VoIP provider name provided by the service provider.
d.
Enter the IP address or name of the SIP registrar server provided by the service provider in the
Primary Registrar
text box.
e.
Enter the port number of the SIP registrar server provided by the service provider in the primary
registrar
Port
text box. If the service provider does not provide the port number, the default
value should be used.
f.
Enter the IP address or name of the SIP proxy server provided by the service provider in the
Primary proxy server
text box.
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