Connecting the Linksys 3102 ATA to your existing network

If you want to get QOS (Quality of Service = a networking term that specifies a guaranteed throughput level) for your voice, and your ADSL router does not support it, you need to have the cables configured like this:

 

ADSL router
  |
  |         ----------Phone handset
3102<
  |         ----------Phone line
  |
Ethernet switch
  |        |        |
  |        |        |
PC      PC      PC

The blue (Internet) port of the 3102 should be connected to the ADSL router.

 

 

First plug the power adaptor cable into the black Power port on the rear of the ATA.

1. Now plug the Power adaptor into a spare power point.
2. Now look at your existing network setup, disconnect the ADSL router end of the existing Ethernet cable that currently connects your PC to your ADSL modem.
3. Now plug this end of the existing Ethernet cable into the yellow Ethernet port on the rear of the ATA.
4. Now using the Ethernet cable supplied with the ATA connect one end of the Ethernet cable into the blue Internet port on the rear of the ATA and the other end into the Ethernet port of your ADSL modem.
5. You’ve now successfully connected your ATA to your existing network.

 

Connecting the Linksys 3102 ATA to your telephone

Now that you’ve connected your ATA to your existing network, you will now need to connect your existing analogue phone handset to the ATA.

To do this un-plug the phone handset end of your existing phone cable and leave this unplugged for the moment.

Using the included phone cable, plug one end into the analogue phone handset and the other end into the green Phone port on the rear of the ATA.

Note: Do not connect the existing phone cable to the green Line port yet.

Pick-up the Analogue phone handset connected to the ATA you should now hear a constant beeping/engaged/silence sound.

On the dial pad dial ****
You should now hear that you’ve entered the Linksys Configuration menu
On the dial pad dial 210#
You will now hear the IP address of the ATA, note this down. (e.g. 192.168.0.1).

After noting down this IP address you can hang-up the phone handset.

Before continuing on to configure your Linksys 3102 ATA there is one final step required to connect your Linksys 3102 ATA to your existing P.S.T.N. (Public Switched Telephone Network) line.

With the existing phone cable that originally connected your analogue phone to your phone wall socket, plug the unused end into the green Line port on the rear of the ATA. This will enable your analogue phone to still receive calls sent to the PSTN line and also fail-over to the PSTN network if you experienced any issues with your VoIP connection.

It’s now time to configure your ATA to connect to the Netspace VOIP network.

 

Configuring the Linksys 3102 ATA for your existing network

To access the Linksys 3102 open your favourite browser software (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari). In this example we will use Internet Explorer. In the address bar type in the IP address you previously noted down and press the enter key on your keyboard.

In the address bar type in the IP address you previously noted down and press the enter key on your keyboard.

You should now be presented with the Linksys 3102 ATA configuration web-interface.

In the top-right corner click Admin Login.

The page should now automatically refresh and display a few details that were not shown previously. Now click Advanced located in the right-hand corner.

Once again the page will change a few details

From the sub-menu select WAN Setup.

On the WAN Setup page, enter the following information:

 

Internet Connection Settings:

Connection Type— PPPoE

PPPoE Settings

PPPoE Login Name— In here enter your ADSL username (e.g. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

PPPoE Login Password— In here enter your ADSL password

 

Optional Settings

Domain— In here enter:

Primary DNS— In here enter:

Secondary DNS— In here enter:

DNS Server Order— DHCP Manual

 

Once you’ve finished entering this information click Submit All Changes

You will now see a page confirming your changes.

After these changes are applied you'll be returned to the main-menu. If your ADSL connection has successfully connected, you will see some numbers other than 0.0.0.0 next to Current IP. If this information does not display wait 30 seconds then manually refresh the page.

Note: If you continue to not see this information, there maybe a configuration error, repeat the above steps to re-enter your username/password information and try again.