Specifications

Server" is a server that performs this kind of translation.
FXO
In telecommunications, a Foreign Exchange Office, or FXO, is a telephone signaling interface that
receives POTS, or "plain old telephone service".
FXS
Foreign Exchange Station is the interface on a VoIP device for connecting directly to phones, faxes, and
CO ports on PBXs or key telephone systems.
GATEWAY
A network point that acts as an entrance to another network.
IP ADDRESS
Every machine that is on a network (a local network, or the network of the Internet) has a unique IP
number [four sets of numbers divided by period with up to three numbers in each set. (i.e.
192.168.0.100)] - If a machine does not have an IP address it cannot be on a network.
IVR
Interactive Voice Response: A system to automatically manage incoming calls, IVR can link phone callers
(voice and/or touchtone) with a computer database. It can accept a question, access the company's
database and provide a caller with the information they are seeking. It can also take information from
the caller, convert it to data and input that data to the database.
LAN
Local Area Network: A LAN is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common
communications line or wireless link and typically share the resources of a single processor or server
within a small geographic area (for example, within an office building).
NETMASK
Used by the TCP/IP protocol to decide how the network is broken up into sub-networks (ex:
255.255.255.0).
PBX
Private Branch Exchange: An in-house telephone switching system that interconnects telephone
extensions to each other, as well as to the outside telephone network.
PROXY
A server that receives requests intended for another server and that acts on the behalf of the client
behalf (as the client proxy) to obtain the requested service. A proxy server is often used when the client
and the server are incompatible for direct connection. For example, the client is unable to meet the
security authentication requirements of the server but should be permitted some