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Chapter 3 Status

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3.5 The MTA Status Screen

The Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA) supports conversion between analog
telephone signals and IP data packets, providing Voice over IP (VoIP) interfaces
for analog telephones.

Use the MTA Status screen to view information about the MTA. Click Status >
MTA Status to display the screen as shown.

Figure 13 Status > MTA Status

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 6 Status > MTA Status

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

MTA Status
Provision
State

This is the provision state of the MTA.

Configuration
File

This is the name of the configuration file downloaded for the MTA.

Security

This shows whether the ZyXEL Device encrypts voice traffic (using 3DES or
AES

).

MTA IP
Address

This is the IP address negotiated for the MTA, after a successful DHCP
negotiation (e.g.10.21.0.11) and download of the configuration file. This
field may also be blanked out with a series of dashed lines (--- --- --- ---)
indicating that the modem configuration failed or is in progress; no IP
address has been set.

MTA MAC
Address

This is the MAC address unique for the MTA.