Audiocodes MediaPack-202
Because my work is a bit related to VoIP, I decided to create a short series of articles on FXS gateways.
Before that, having run through the search, I did not find such articles, well, if not, we’ll do it.
Moreover, those who are “off topic” will be interested, and those who are “off topic” will have something to add in the comments, but in the meantime, the era of VoIP has already arrived.
So, today I will talk about the Audiocodes MediaPack-202 FXS gateway .
Q: What is an FXS gateway and what is it for?
A: FXS (Foreign Exchange Subscriber) - analog voice interface (RJ-11 connector) for connecting a two-wire PSTN line to a telephony device. In the simplest case, a wall telephone jack.
definition taken from: voip-tel.ru
Caution, a lot of text!
AudioCodes is one of the leading manufacturers of equipment and software for building VoIP networks. The main activities of the company are the development of the element base, software and hardware systems, as well as extensive research activities. The most famous AudioCodes developments are the G.723.1 voice codec and the VoIPerfect software and hardware platform. The company was founded in 1993 and today has sold about 12 million VoIP ports from AudioCodes. A wide range of high-tech, reliable, cost-effective equipment from AudioCodes can be successfully used in the construction of carrier and corporate VoIP networks. The company Komptek presents 2 lines of AudioCodes equipment: Mediant Digital VoIP Gateways and MediaPack Analog VoIP Gateways. Company information taken fromwww.comptek.ru
There are 2 types of
mp202 gateways : mp202A (mp202B is written in the link to the picture, but this is incorrect):
mp202B:
What is the difference between A and B? Actually nothing, they have exactly the same firmware, just A is older than B. (I personally liked A more because of their more compact size - almost 2 times less than B).
Interfaces :
Codecs :
Echo cancellation :
And also :
In fact, the list of features is huge and you can find it, for example here: cisco-systems.uaprom.net
Network details can be either entered with pens or obtained by dhcp.
Yes, by the way, setting up network details is far from being limited to such a set as: ip, dns, gatway.
Here you can choose mtu with pens and change mac.
You can have a better look at this picture here: http://savepic.org/30330.jpg
MP-202 is an excellent 2-port gateway that works both over UDP and over TCP and TLS protocols.
has a wild bunch of settings, it seems to me that you can configure everything that your heart desires on it (regarding voip telephony and the fact that it's still an fxs gateway).
Convenient dialplan construction, extremely simple and very capacious at the same time.
Here is an example:
You can configure speed dial, i.e. I dial 001 and get the number 73522666666 - for example.
After reading what is described above, you have already guessed that this is not about the FXS gateway, but in combination - a router. Yes, you are absolutely right. In addition, this is a very good router (especially when you consider that it can QoS).
Accordingly, you can configure routing.
I really like this thing for its "ALL POWER".
It seems to me that if you think about WHAT you want, then you want this particular device;)
PS: if you like this review, then I can still do the reviews:
Well, I didn’t write a fool about faxes, but about working with dial-up (yes, it is still used in the outback, and not only, in some places, as a form of access to specific resources).
I can assure you that it works with a bang, it is with this machine that I have no problems at all, and the faxes are working fine and the dialup is working (please note that the client is not alone, and I did the tests myself).
There is a set of specific settings for this happiness, such as Fax Transport Mode, Max Rate, Max Buffer, Modem Transport Mode, Fax / Modem Bypass Codec.
In fact, I tried to recall the problems that I had with this device - I did not master it, i.e. were once with the Internet brakes, but it was a mowing party - sent back.
Before that, having run through the search, I did not find such articles, well, if not, we’ll do it.
Moreover, those who are “off topic” will be interested, and those who are “off topic” will have something to add in the comments, but in the meantime, the era of VoIP has already arrived.
So, today I will talk about the Audiocodes MediaPack-202 FXS gateway .
Q: What is an FXS gateway and what is it for?
A: FXS (Foreign Exchange Subscriber) - analog voice interface (RJ-11 connector) for connecting a two-wire PSTN line to a telephony device. In the simplest case, a wall telephone jack.
definition taken from: voip-tel.ru
Caution, a lot of text!
AudioCodes is one of the leading manufacturers of equipment and software for building VoIP networks. The main activities of the company are the development of the element base, software and hardware systems, as well as extensive research activities. The most famous AudioCodes developments are the G.723.1 voice codec and the VoIPerfect software and hardware platform. The company was founded in 1993 and today has sold about 12 million VoIP ports from AudioCodes. A wide range of high-tech, reliable, cost-effective equipment from AudioCodes can be successfully used in the construction of carrier and corporate VoIP networks. The company Komptek presents 2 lines of AudioCodes equipment: Mediant Digital VoIP Gateways and MediaPack Analog VoIP Gateways. Company information taken fromwww.comptek.ru
There are 2 types of
mp202 gateways : mp202A (mp202B is written in the link to the picture, but this is incorrect):
mp202B:
What is the difference between A and B? Actually nothing, they have exactly the same firmware, just A is older than B. (I personally liked A more because of their more compact size - almost 2 times less than B).
Main characteristics:
Interfaces :
- Analog ports - 2 ports
- Ethernet - 2 10/100 Base-T interfaces, RJ45 connector. WAN and LAN
Codecs :
- G.711A-law / U-law
- G.726A / B
- G.729
- G.723.1 (low / high - bitrate)
Echo cancellation :
- G.165
- G.168-2002
And also :
- Dynamic Programmable Jitter Buffer
- VLAN tagging
- Diffserv
In fact, the list of features is huge and you can find it, for example here: cisco-systems.uaprom.net
Network features:
- PPPoE
- Vlan
- PPTP
- PPTP inside PPTP
- L2TP
- IPIP
- GRE
Network details can be either entered with pens or obtained by dhcp.
Yes, by the way, setting up network details is far from being limited to such a set as: ip, dns, gatway.
Here you can choose mtu with pens and change mac.
You can have a better look at this picture here: http://savepic.org/30330.jpg
MP-202 is an excellent 2-port gateway that works both over UDP and over TCP and TLS protocols.
has a wild bunch of settings, it seems to me that you can configure everything that your heart desires on it (regarding voip telephony and the fact that it's still an fxs gateway).
Convenient dialplan construction, extremely simple and very capacious at the same time.
Here is an example:
00x|01|02|03|04|05x|06x|07x|09|2[3-5]xxxx|[4-6]xxxxx|80xxxxxxxxx|81xxxxxxxxxx.|8[3-9]xxxxxxxxxYou can configure speed dial, i.e. I dial 001 and get the number 73522666666 - for example.
Also, the creators did not forget about security:
- You can set access rules.
- Port forwarding.
- Specify a DMZ host.
- Port triggers.
- Block access to certain resources.
- Security log
After reading what is described above, you have already guessed that this is not about the FXS gateway, but in combination - a router. Yes, you are absolutely right. In addition, this is a very good router (especially when you consider that it can QoS).
Accordingly, you can configure routing.
Of the nice additions are:
- Several types of remote access (picture above)
- save / restore config.
- Reset to default (software).
- Make a simple network diagnostics (ping, traceroute).
- Change access port settings, for example, it is possible to change the http port from 80 to any, also telnet and https.
- Specify log sizes: system and security.
- Snmp management.
- Scheduler.
- npt-client. (ntp-server is also possible for lan clients, but I have not tried it, it does not work for wan clients).
- You can upload certificates.
- Create users with various rights.
- Configuring network objects - makes it possible to apply security rules to a PART of the network.
- There is an opportunity to use dynamic dns, unfortunately only one provider dyndns.org.
- It is possible to make dns records yourself, it’s very convenient if you want google.ru to open instead of ya.ru =)
I really like this thing for its "ALL POWER".
It seems to me that if you think about WHAT you want, then you want this particular device;)
PS: if you like this review, then I can still do the reviews:
- Linksys spa2102
- Audiocodes MediaPack-124
- Dlink-dvg5004s, 5008s, 2032s. - 3 together, because from the inside they are almost the same, the difference in the number of ports
Well, I didn’t write a fool about faxes, but about working with dial-up (yes, it is still used in the outback, and not only, in some places, as a form of access to specific resources).
I can assure you that it works with a bang, it is with this machine that I have no problems at all, and the faxes are working fine and the dialup is working (please note that the client is not alone, and I did the tests myself).
There is a set of specific settings for this happiness, such as Fax Transport Mode, Max Rate, Max Buffer, Modem Transport Mode, Fax / Modem Bypass Codec.
In fact, I tried to recall the problems that I had with this device - I did not master it, i.e. were once with the Internet brakes, but it was a mowing party - sent back.
