{"id":252213,"date":"2017-10-10T11:49:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=252213"},"modified":"2017-10-10T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T20:08:37","slug":"3-typical-voip-adapters-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/3-typical-voip-adapters-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Typical VoIP Adapter Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/voip-adapters\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'image1');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-212713 alignleft\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/09\/HT812-ata.png\" alt=\"ht812-ata\" width=\"224\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/09\/HT812-ata.png 368w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/09\/HT812-ata-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/09\/HT812-ata-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>A VoIP adapter<\/a> is a device that converts\u00a0analog voice signals into digital IP packets for transport over an IP network. It plays an important role in the VoIP world. Many VoIP users can&#8217;t live without VoIP adapters because they provide the simplest and easiest way to switch to VoIP. Let&#8217;s check out some of the typical functions of a VoIP adapter!<\/p>\n<p>There are three primary uses for a VoIP adapters and these are also the most popular applications.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>3 Typical Uses for a VoIP Adapter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252263 alignright\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/1.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"171\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/1.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/1-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><strong>#1 VoIP Enabling your traditional telephone<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do you prefer the old telephone that you&#8217;ve been using for years and don&#8217;t want to switch to a new one? Not a problem. Using an FXS VoIP adapter you will be able to keep your existing phone and turn that into a VoIP phone!<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252273 alignright\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/2.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"124\" height=\"112\" \/><strong>#2 VoIP Enabling a small PBX System<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you use a small PBX or key system, you can leverage VoIP without having to buy a VoIP PBX. Using an FXS VoIP adapter you will be able to connect your existing PBX with the IP network allowing your PBX to send and receive VoIP calls.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252283 alignright\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"119\" height=\"103\" \/><strong>#3 PSTN Connectivity for your VoIP System<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Your communications are critical to your business operations. You can&#8217;t be without the ability to send and receive phone calls. With VoIP if your network goes down or you lose Internet connectivity you will not be able to send or receive calls &#8211; even emergency calls. To prevent this, you can use an FXO VoIP adapter to connect to the PSTN giving you failover and life-line capability.<\/p>\n<p>Now you have learned the typical functions of <a href=\"\/voip-adapters\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'voip adapters');\">VoIP adapters<\/a>, <a href=\"\/voip-adapter-guide\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'buyers guide');\">check out our buyer&#8217;s guide <\/a>to learn more about the types of VoIP adapters and how to select the VoIP adapter that works best for your business!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A VoIP adapter is a device that converts\u00a0analog voice signals into digital IP packets for transport over an IP network. It plays an important role in the VoIP world. Many VoIP users can&#8217;t live without VoIP adapters because they provide the simplest and easiest way to switch to VoIP. Let&#8217;s check out some of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-business-voip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252213"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252423,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252213\/revisions\/252423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}