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20.1 Overview
Use this chapter to:
• Connect an analog phone to the VMG.
• Make phone calls over the Internet, as well as the regular phone network.
• Configure settings such as speed dial.
• Configure network settings to optimize the voice quality of your phone calls.
20.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
These screens allow you to configure your VMG to make phone calls over the Internet and your
regular phone line, and to set up the phones you connect to the VMG.
• Use the SIP Account screen
account, control which SIP accounts the phones connected to the VMG use and configure audio
settings such as volume levels for the phones connected to the VMG.
• Use the SIP Service Provider screen
information, QoS for VoIP calls, the numbers for certain phone functions, and dialing plan.
• Use the PhoneRegion screen
country you are in.
• Use the Call Rule screen
used (VoIP) phone numbers.
You don't necessarily need to use all these screens to set up your account. In fact, if your service
provider did not supply information on a particular field in a screen, it is usually best to leave it at
its default setting.
20.1.2 What You Need to Know About VoIP
VoIP
VoIP stands for Voice over IP. IP is the Internet Protocol, which is the message-carrying standard
the Internet runs on. So, Voice over IP is the sending of voice signals (speech) over the Internet (or
another network that uses the Internet Protocol).
SIP
SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol. SIP is a signalling standard that lets one network device
(like a computer or the VMG) send messages to another. In VoIP, these messages are about phone
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