Yes, I think that's a great way to explain it. It helps with the telephony example as well as helps newbies learning DTE/DCE. There's a discussion about DTE/DCE going on right now in the Associates group. I was thinking about using a telephone example to try to help.
I learned voice from Randy Fischer, a brilliant engineer and helpful teacher who works for Advanced Network Information, a Cisco training partner. Well, at least he used to work there. I haven't talked to him in ages. His way to help us remember what goes into what is to always remember that FXS talks to FXO and a telephone is office equipment. Look at your desk. You have a computer, a telephone. It's office equipment. So it plugs into an FXS port. He says it better. It helped me anyway. ;-) _______________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer www.troubleshootingnetworks.com www.priscilla.com Chuck's Long Road wrote: > > Someone smarter than I made the following statements about FXO > / FXS, in > order to help me understand real world connectivity. > > That person said to think of FXO / FXS as something analogous > to DTE / DCE. > > That is, DTE connects to DCE ( and visa versa ) and that FXO > connects to FXS > ( and visa versa ) > > In other words, an analog telephone set is an FXO device, and > therefore > plugs into an FXS port. The FXS port provides the signaling to > the FXO > device. > > Similarly, a PBX, or a CO switch, for that matter, is an FXS > device that > provides signaling, and therefore plugs into an FXO port. > > This seems to fit in with what I know - that you connect a > router to a PBX > or to the telco CO switch via an FXO port, and you connect an > analogue fax > or telephone into a router FXS port. > > Any comments? Reasonable way to think of things? > > Thanks. > > Chuck > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54337&t=54331 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
