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Pave the pathway for a VoIP network

Tags: pbx, voip, routers, ip, digital, network

Overview This sample chapter, taken from Voice over IP First-Step, discusses how to transition to a telephony network, without a PBX, where voice traffic is transmitted over an IP network.

Learn how to transition from a traditional private branch exchange (PBX)-based telephonysystem to a Voice over IP (VoIP) system.

This sample chapter, taken from Voice over IP First-Step, explores how to begin this migration and pave the pathway to a VoIP network. The chapter covers the following topics:

How VoIP can compete with the reliability of traditional PBX systems
How to replace PBX-to-PBX connections with a VoIP network
Identify router interfaces used for connecting various analog devices
How voice-enabled routers connect to digital circuits
How dial peers allow voice-enabled routers to forward calls to the appropriate destination

Title: Voice over IP First-Step
ISBN: 1587201569
Published: December 2005
Author: Kevin Wallace
Chapter: Chapter 3: Paving the Pathway to a Voice over IP Network
Published by Cisco Press

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Publisher: TechRepublic
File Format: PDF
Date Published: May 19, 2006
Format: White Papers
Topics: Telephony Systems - PBX, VoIP - IP Telephony

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