[Asterisk-Users] SPA-2100 Analog Telephone Adapter

[Eric Wieling aka ManxPower]

Sean Rima wrote:
> Eric Wieling aka ManxPower wrote:
>> Sean Rima wrote:
>>> Does anyone have any experience of these, I have been offered one and am
>>> thinking of adding sticking it onto the back of my Asterisk box and just
>>> ignore the WAN port if possible, It would be to stick my exisiting
>>> phones onto the asterisk box
>> 
>> No, you would ignore the LAN port.  When I am at home I use this setup:
>> 
>> Phones -> 2100 FXS ports -> 2100 WAN port -> Ethernet Switch -> Asterisk
> 
> If I were to get another 2100 would I use the LAN port to connect to it?

You would only use the LAN port if you wanted the device to provide NAT 
translation/routing between the LAN port and the WAN port.