PC Praxis: FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7050 tops in comparison test
The German computer magazine PC Praxis has published a major comparative test in its issue 8/2005: five Voice-over-IP PBX systems with integrated ADSL modems and four VoIP adapters without integrated modems were examined. The best products tested were found to be FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7050 and FRITZ!Box Fon ata.
The authors were most pleased with the extensive features of FRITZ!Box Fon: "The current flagship of the AVM line, FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7050, provides all the functions you need in connection with ADSL and telephony." The new FRITZ!Box Fon is an ADSL router and a landline and Internet PBX in one device.
PC Praxis: "The 7050 has outgoing connections to a broadband line and a PSTN or ISDN phone line. Locally, FRITZ!Box provides cabled LAN, WLAN, and VoIP. Its internal S0 bus, which allows you to use ISDN terminal equipment for VoIP, is unique among the products tested."
The AVM principle of making Internet telephony as convenient as possible made a persuasive impression. The testers wrote: "For all its rich features and high performance, AVM manages to keep the configuration as simple as possible." Moreover, the quality of voice transmission is beyond all doubt: "The voice quality on Voice-over-IP calls with the current firmware is outstanding, even during heavy upstream loads."
The PC Praxis test results: Operation "excellent"; VoIP "excellent"; voice quality "excellent". Overall a straight "excellent" for FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7050, and first place in the hardware comparison test. The testers added: "If you want to use existing ISDN telephones as VoIP phones, there's no alternative to the new AVM FRITZ!Box WLAN 7050 (or the 5050 variant without WLAN)."
In a second test, PC Praxis compared four Voice-over-IP adapters without integrated ADSL modems. Here again, AVM took first place with FRITZ!Box Fon ata. PC Praxis: "With its complete set of cables and adapters, FRITZ!Box Fon ata is an economical entry into VoIP for those who already have a working ADSL line." FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN at a Glance: - FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN combines an ADSL router and a PBX
- Economical phone calls over the Internet with VoIP, or over the ISDN or analog phone line
- Internet telephony with existing phones, without turning on the PC
- Connect analog terminal equipment, ISDN telephones and PBXs
- Intelligent bandwidth management for perfect voice quality
- Router with integrated ADSL modem (Annex A or Annex B); connects to multiple PCs
- WLAN encrypted with factory-set unique key
- Integrated firewall protects connected PCs
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN Connections: - Two extensions for analog phones, faxes and answering machines
- Conventional phone line, either ISDN or POTS
- USB port for PC or notebook (Windows, Linux, or Mac)
- Ethernet port (10/100 Mbit/s) for computers, game consoles (such as Xbox or PlayStation), or a LAN hub or switch to connect additional PCs
- WLAN connections per IEEE 802.11g (54 Mbit/s)
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN Operation: - Easy router configuration through standard browsers
- Extensions configurable individually
- Call routing for customized use of Internet and landline telephony
- Extensions of an downstream PBX can also use Internet telephony
- Speed dialing, dial-out blacklist, call-through function, caller list
- Factory-activated WLAN encryption with unique key
- Switch the WLAN module on and off from an extension phone
- Convenient on-line meter to monitor the ADSL budget
- Switch to Expert Mode to configure custom application scenarios
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN Details: - PBX for Internet and landline telephony (ISDN and POTS lines)
- WLAN router with DHCP server and IP masquerading/Network Address Translation
- Integrated ADSL modem (Annex A or Annex B) with throughput of up to 8 Mbit/s; ready for ADSL 2+
- Internet telephony in conformance with SIP (RFC 3261)
- Intelligent codec management
- WLAN encryption with WPA2, WPA, WEP-64 or WEP-128
- Firewall with stateful packet inspection and secure port forwarding for local servers
- Bandwidth management: ADSL traffic shaping for optimum use of the ADSL line
- Dimensions: 185 × 140 × 35 mm; tabletop or wall-mounted installation
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN Contents: - VoIP PBX system for telephony and wireless ADSL web surfing with WLAN
- Integrated ADSL modem (Annex A or Annex B) with router capability to connect multiple PCs
- 4 m ADSL cable to connect to splitter; RJ45 plug
- 4 m cable for ISDN or analog phone line
- 1.5 m LAN cable
- 1.5 m USB cable
- RJ45-RJ11 adapter to connect to analog phone line
- RJ45-RJ11 adapter to connect to DSL line
- External power supply
- CD-ROM with installation and application software, and user manual
- Printed installation manual
(ADSL/ADSL 2+ / UR2 / Annex B = German Standard)
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