Install Your Cisco ATA
Item
PHONE 2
ETHERNET (ATA 192 only)
NETWORK
DC 5V POWER
Install Your Cisco ATA
You can use either Category 3/5/5e/6 cabling for 10-Mbps connections, but you must use Category 5/5e/6 for
100-Mbps connections.
Procedure
Step 1
Connect the power supply to the Cisco DC Adapter port.
Step 2
Connect a straight-through Ethernet cable from the network to the network port on the ATA. Each ATA ships
with one Ethernet cable in the box.
ATA Voice Quality
The ATA can be custom provisioned within a wide range of configuration parameters. The sections below
describe the factors that contribute to voice quality.
Supported Codecs
The ATA supports the codecs listed below. You can use the default settings or configure the codec settings
in the Audio Configuration section of the Line 1 and Line 2 Settings (PHONE 1 and PHONE 2) page.
Table 3: Supported Codecs
Codec
G.711 (A-law and mu-law)
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Description
Use an RJ-11 phone cable to connect a second analog phone or fax
machine.
Use an Ethernet cable to connect your ATA to a device on your network,
such as a computer.
Use an Ethernet cable to connect to the network.
Use the power adapter that was provided to connect to a power source.
Description
Very low complexity codecs that support
uncompressed 64 kbps digitized voice transmissions
at one through ten 5 ms voice frames per packet.
These codecs provide the highest narrow-band voice
quality and uses the most bandwidth of anyof the
available codecs.
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