Operation Manual

Useful Tips for Internet Telephony with FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN
48 FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN – 4 Configuring FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN for Telephone Connections
4.3 Useful Tips for Internet Telephony
with FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN
Making Telephone Calls via the Internet
All kinds of data transmission in the Internet use the Internet
Protocol (IP). IP is packet-oriented. That means that a set of
data to be transmitted is decomposed into a number of data
packets, and IP provides for the transport of the individual
packets through the Internet. Language is also transmitted in
the Internet in this manner.
In opposition to this, fixed-line telephony transmits data in a
line-oriented manner. In this case data are transmitted in a
coherent data stream.
For packet-oriented transmission in the Internet, the loss of
packets cannot be ruled out completely. Under unfavorable
conditions this can lead to speech quality in Internet tele-
phony that is inferior to that in fixed-line telephony.
Clearing Internet Connections Automatically
If you use FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN for Internet telephony, dis-
able the function “Clear Internet connection automatically”
in the “Internet Account Information” menu to ensure that
calls from the Internet can be received.
For more information about the “Clear Internet connection
automatically” function, see the Online Help of the FRITZ!Box
Fon WLAN user interface.
Call Scenarios
If you have configured an Internet number for FRITZ!Box Fon
WLAN in addition to your fixed-line number, you can make
and receive calls using either method.
With a fully configured FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN you can estab-
lish telephone connections as follows:
z using a fixed-line connection to a fixed-line number
z using an Internet connection to a fixed-line number
z using an Internet connection to an Internet number