Linksys SPA2102 User Manual

Phone Adapter with Router

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Phone Adapter with Router. This Phone Adapter will allow your computers to share a 
high-speed Internet connection as well as resources, including files and printers. And after you have set up your 

babyTEL service, you will be able to make phone or fax calls using the Internet. 

   

How does the Phone Adapter do all of this? By connecting your computers and peripherals, including phones or 
fax machines, to the Phone Adapter and connecting the Phone Adapter to your cable or DSL modem, then the 
Phone Adapter can direct and control communications for your network. Each of the Phone Adapter’s two 
telephone jacks can operate independently, with separate phone service and phone numbers, so you can have 
up to two Internet phone lines per Adapter.

But what does all of this mean? 

Networks are useful tools for sharing Internet access and computer resources. Multiple computers can share 
Internet access, so you don’t need more than one high-speed Internet connection. 

With the babyTEL service,  

your Internet access can now be shared by your phones or fax machines as well. You will be able to make phone 

calls using the account you set up with babyTEL, even while you are surfing the Internet.
Plus, you can access one printer from different computers and access data located on another 
computer’s hard drive. Networks are even used for playing multiplayer video games. So, networks not only are 
useful in homes and offices, but also can be fun.

PCs on a wired network create a LAN, or Local Area Network. They are connected with Ethernet cables, which is 
why the network is called “wired”.