ADTRAN® 908e router review

ADTRAN 908e router consists of 7 network ports for Ethernet connectivity of 10/100 Mbps. The router supports protocols such as Telnet, SNMP 2 and HTTP. The router supports different features like packet filtering, prevention of Denial of Service (DoS) attack, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) and firewall protection. The router also makes use of NAT support as well as DHCP support.

ADTRAN 908e router is used in the services of voice and data by deploying Total Access Integrated Access Devices (IADs) over IP network and offers functions that provide reliable delivery of IP. The router is flexible for applications like PRI delivery, trunking and PBX services.

ADTRAN 908e router is a VoIP Gateway type of product. ADTRAN 908e router is a cost effective solution that is mainly used in the voice and data services. The router is of desktop type and built in LED panel. The router supports connectivity of Ethernet 10/100 Mbps at full duplex. The router uses ADTRAN Operating System (AOS) for better management. The router memory consists of 16 MB in flash and 64 MB in RAM. ADTRAN 908e router makes use of Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), DoS protection, Quality of Service (QoS) and performs allocation of dynamic bandwidth. The router uses different types of protocols like multilink FrameRelay and PPP.

• FIVE – Networking

  The router supports wired type of connection for networking purposes. The line rate of the ADTRAN 908e router is Fractional T-1/T-1. ADTRAN 908e router uses UDP/IP as its transport protocol. The router consists of indicators for network status such as power, status, transmit, etc. The protocols used for routing by the router are Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and General Routing Encapsulation (GRE) protocols.

• FOUR – Connectivity

  ADTRAN 908e router uses interfaces for connectivity. The router supports connectivity of Ethernet 10/100 Mbps. The connectivity interfaces mainly used in ADTRAN 908e router are two ports of Ethernet with 10 Base– T/100 Base- TX for WAN with RJ-45. ADTRAN 908e router makes use of a management port with RS-232 and 9 pin D-Sub and 8 phone line ports with FXS specification and 50 pin Telco.

• THREE – IP Telephony

  ADTRAN 908e router supports IP telephony extensively. Some of the features of IP telephony used in ADTRAN 908e router are call forwarding, echo cancellation as well as detection in the voice activity. ADTRAN 908e router makes use of phone adapter as its VoIP functionality with SIP as protocol. The interfaces used in telephony are of 8 FXS phone line in the router.

• TWO – Modem

  ADTRAN 908e router consists of modem that uses protocols such as ITU V.90 and ITU G.168 specifications. The protocol for data compression like voice compression is used in the modem and supports more specifications like G.711 and G.729.A. The modem supported by ADTRAN 908e routerr is of voice interface card type and consists of eight analog ports for faster transmission rate and better performance.

• ONE –  Design

  ADTRAN 908e router is sleek in design and is wall mountable. The router has a simple design with dimensions 12” of width, 7.5” of depth and 1.7” of height. ADTRAN 908e router weighs about 6.50 lbs. The device can be placed anywhere in the network connection for effective usage for the computers around it.

ADTRAN 908e router is easy to use with its simple configuration settings. The router can be used for voice and data services that are converged.