Cisco ATA 186 Data Sheet

Data Sheet

Cisco ATA 186 Analog Telephone Adaptor

The Cisco ATA 186 Analog Telephone Adaptor is a handset-to-Ethernet adaptor that turns traditional telephone devices into IP devices. Customers can take advantage of the many new and exciting IP telephony applications by connecting their analog devices to Cisco ATAs.

The Cisco Analog Telephone Adaptor products are standards-based communication devices that deliver true, next generation voice-over-IP (VoIP) terminations to businesses and residences worldwide.

PROTECTS LEGACY TELEPHONE INVESTMENT

The Cisco ATA 186 supports two voice ports, each with its own independent telephone number, and a single 10BaseT Ethernet port. This adaptor can make use of existing Ethernet LANs, in addition to broadband pipes such as digital subscriber line (DSL), fixed wireless, and cable modem deployments.

COST EFFECTIVE

The Cisco ATA 186 helps customers turn their analog phone devices into IP devices cost-effectively and is the preferred solution to address the needs of customers who connect to either enterprise networks, small-office environments, or the emerging VoIP managed voice services and local services market.

Enterprise customers are using the Cisco ATA 186 to connect analog phones and FAX machines to their VoIP network. Service providers are taking advantage of emerging telephony applications and the ease of deploying second-line services using the Cisco ATA 186.

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Figure 1. Cisco ATA 186—Endpoint for an End-to-End Broadband System

The Cisco ATA 186 allows you to connect analog telephones and faxes to an IP telephony network.

Table 1. Features and Benefits

Features Benefits

• Two voice ports support legacy (analog) touch tone telephones

Connects legacy telephones to IP-based networks

• RJ 45 connection to 10BaseT Ethernet hub or switch

• Auto-provisioning with Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

provisioning servers

Flexible configuration and provisioning options

• Automatic assignment of IP address, network route IP, and subnet

mask via Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

• Web configuration through built-in Web server

• Touch-tone telephone keypad configuration with voice prompt

• Administration password to protect configuration and access

• Remote upgrades through network

• Advanced pre-processing to optimize full-duplex voice compression

Clear, natural-sounding voice quality

• High performance line-echo cancellation eliminates noise and echo

• Voice activity detection (VAD) and comfort noise generation (CNG)

save bandwidth by delivering voice, not silence

• Dynamic network monitoring to reduce jitter artifacts such a packet loss

• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

• Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP)—Cisco CallManager technology

Supports multiple protocols for interoperability and deployment flexibility

• Fits in most environments Small form-factor design

• Passwords displayed as asterisks instead of readable text Enhanced security

• Network status page Track packet input, output and errors

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

A B C

Regular analog telephones 10BaseT category-5 cable to access IP network Power for AC/DC power adaptor

SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS Voice-over-IP (VoIP) Protocols

• SIP (RFC 2543)

• SCCP

Voice Codecs*

• G.729, G.729A, G.729AB2

• G.723.1

• G.711a-law

• G.711µ-law

* In simultaneous dual-port operation, the second port is limited to G.711 when using G.729.

Provisioning and Configuration

• DHCP (RFC 2131)

• Web configuration via built-in Web server

• Touch-tone telephone keypad configuration with voice prompt

• Basic boot provisioning (RFC 1350 TFTP Profiling)

• Dial plan provisioning

• Cisco Discovery Protocol for SCCP

Security

• RC4 encryption for TFTP configuration profiles

Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF)

• DTMF tone detection and generation

Out-of-Band DTMF

• RFC 2833 AVT tones for SIP, MGCP, SCCP

Call Progress Tones

• Configurable for two sets of frequencies and single set of on/off cadence