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15 of 15 humans found the following review helpful.
Very flexible FXS/FXO
By Lee
The SPA3102 gives you both an FXS port (for a phone) and an FXO port (for a phone line), it’s two gimmicks in one box. Each device may operate independently or may be made to interact with the other. It’s outstanding for a start-up VoIP system where you want to have one phone and access to one phone line from the PSTN. Be conscious that this is NOT a device that is made for plug and play. You have to know what you are doing. It is an exceedingly flexible device with MANY options. Which means it may be overpowering to a beginner. A lot of the choices may be left at default but you still need a basic (at least) understanding of networking, SIP and VoIP to get this working with a provider or VoIP PBX. If you recognise what you are doing, this unit may be up and running in 10 minutes, other than as supposed or expected you’d better have a lot of patience.
This unit is the successor to the SPA3000, introductory freed by Sipura, which was purchased by Linksys, then Cisco. they added a few more features upgraded firmware AND a router. Most humans will already have a router on their system and will in all probability just disable this feature and use the second Ethernet jack in bridge mode permitting a second device to be plugged in, saving a port on your router or switch.
All in all a outstanding unit, but not made for the inexperienced, do a great deal of exploration if you aren’t rather sure if this is for you, there is a lot of data on line
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
SPA3102 is extraordinary
By Partha Kempanna
SPA3102 is upgraded version of SPA3000 from Sipura. This device has all the cool features of SPA3000, and in addition it has a built-in router, which fends off SPA3102 not being behind any router. Secondly, it has more prominent memory(ROM), and enables two G.729 calls simultaneously.
All in all is truely a masterpiece.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent device and highly configurable
By John Mikesell
I just got the SPA3102 Gateway a couple of days ago. This device has a lot of choices that grant you to fine-tune it is performance, for example to operate behind a firewall and router, or to fine-tune to the available bandwidth on your Internet connection.
For some reason I didn’t have the administration guide after I copied files from the “setup” disk. This did turn out to be an problem, because I was unable to connect using the default IP address described in the quick install guide. To begin with, it turned out that a D-Link router on my network had the same IP address for configuration. But I was still unable to connect after I got rid of all other appliances on my network. Finally I downloaded the administration guide from the Linksys download page for the SPA3102 device, and it is “Basic Administration and Configuration” instructions described how to get the IP address using a telephone attached to the device (****110#). The second page of the quick install guide, it turns out, has a table of the interactional dial commands that may prove utile if you’re having disturb initially connecting through the Web browser. For instance, you may enable the Web utility. For good measure I did that (****7932#1#1). After I got the rectify IP address I had no difficultness updating the firmware and using the Web configuration utility.
Another reviewer claimed that the firmware may only be altered with at least Windows Vista. I downloaded the firmware update and followed installation instructions to install the firmware using Windows XP. No problem.
The same reviewer also described lack of aid from Linksys. Contrary–Linksys has a community forum in their product aid area. That’s where I found instructions to enable the Web utility (although for the peculiar question–which was precisely my problem–the respondent should’ve likewise described how to get the IP address). You may download the administration guide from the download area if you do not find it on the quick install disk.
The configuration details for IP telephony require a hobby-level skill and interest. I do not suppose Linksys or any other device at this price to support distinguishable configuration issues for each service provider. Your VOIP telephony provider ought to be capable provide configuration aid for hooking up to their service. (Mine, future-nine, has configuration sheets for dissimilar gadgets and they’ll review screen-shots or property sheets of the administrative settings if you’re having problems.) This is a configurable device aimed at the bring-your-own-device crowd. If you want a configurable device and/or have good configuration help from your telephony provider, then the Linksys Gateway adapters rate five stars for their combining of features at this price range (cheap). If you do not want to do VOIP configuration or it seems like a bear, ask if your VOIP telephony service provides preconfigured adapters for their service.
PS–I’ve been using two of these gadgets for a couple of years now with no problems–configured and forgot. One I setup here and sent overseas for zero-cost local dialing to an in-law’s house in Central America. The device in my house is hooked to the house phone circuit (which I basi disconnected from the Telco line–may have current even without service); it rings four house phones with no problem at all. My brother send one to in-laws in Nepal–they find dialing for less to India using his VOIP provider than service provided by the local telco.
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