MultiVOIP Quick Start Guide
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Introduction
Welcome to Multi-Tech's new stand-alone V oice/IP Gateways
which allow analog voice and fax communication over an IP
network. The MultiVOIP model numbers are MVP400 for the
four-channel unit and MVP800 for the eight-channel unit. Multi-
Tech’s voice/fax gateway technology allows voice/fax
communication to be transmitted with no additional expense
over your existing IP network, which has traditionally been
data-only. To access this free voice and fax communication, all
you have to do is connect your MultiVOIP to your telephone
equipment and then to your existing Internet connection. Once
configured, the MultiVOIP allows voice and fax to travel down
the same path as your traditional data communications.
The MultiVOIP 400/800 supports the H.323 standards-based
protocol enabling your MultiVOIP 400/800 to participate in real-
time conferencing with other third-party VOIP Gateways or
other endpoints that support the H.323 protocol (for example,
Microsoft Netmeeting® ). The H.323 standard defines how
endpoints make and receive calls, how endpoints negotiate a
common set of audio and data capabilities, how information is
formatted and sent over the network. This version of the
software also supports optional H.323 GateKeeper software
residing on a PC which, when enabled, maintains its own
phone book database, preregisters all users, controls the
bandwidth, and handles all conferencing issues such as
transferring of calls.
Figure 1. MultiVOIP
The MVP400 is designed with four voice/fax channels
(offering three voice/fax interfaces per channel), a 10 Mbps