VoIP Phone system set up. Is this possible?
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10-05-06, 10:49 AM
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VoIP Phone system set up. Is this possible?
1. I have cable via Adelphia (Comcast)
2. I have High Speed Internet via Adelphia (Comcast)
3. I have phone via VoIP Vonage connected to the Cable Modem feeding on the cable supply from Adelphia.
Intention:
To be able to use phones in each room (via the already installed phone jacks) via the VoIP phone router. So that I do not have to use a wired telephone base station and then wireless phone handsets for each room.
My idea of how this can happen:
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Phones:
Move the Cable Modem and the Phone router (VoIP) to the basement where the Cable feed initially comes in. Connect the phone line to the Line out in the cable modem. This would be the phone line that connects to all the rooms via the lines and the phone jacks.
Internet:
Run the Ethernet cables from the Phone router upto our study where the Wireless Broadband Router would be placed. I need the Router in the study, because my work involves having to connect a laptop via Ethernet cable instead of wirelessly.
There you have it. Convoluted. But that is the 'vision'
Is this do-able?
2. I have High Speed Internet via Adelphia (Comcast)
3. I have phone via VoIP Vonage connected to the Cable Modem feeding on the cable supply from Adelphia.
Intention:
To be able to use phones in each room (via the already installed phone jacks) via the VoIP phone router. So that I do not have to use a wired telephone base station and then wireless phone handsets for each room.
My idea of how this can happen:
========================
Phones:
Move the Cable Modem and the Phone router (VoIP) to the basement where the Cable feed initially comes in. Connect the phone line to the Line out in the cable modem. This would be the phone line that connects to all the rooms via the lines and the phone jacks.
Internet:
Run the Ethernet cables from the Phone router upto our study where the Wireless Broadband Router would be placed. I need the Router in the study, because my work involves having to connect a laptop via Ethernet cable instead of wirelessly.
There you have it. Convoluted. But that is the 'vision'
Is this do-able?
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10-05-06, 12:24 PM
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I don't know what you mean "lineout" on the cable modem.
You would disconnect your inside phone wiring from the telco at the NID (and tape up the plug in the NID), and plug the telephone jack on the VOIP router to an inside telephone jack. Install one at the VOIP router if there isn't one there.
You would disconnect your inside phone wiring from the telco at the NID (and tape up the plug in the NID), and plug the telephone jack on the VOIP router to an inside telephone jack. Install one at the VOIP router if there isn't one there.
#4
10-10-06, 09:02 PM
If you unplug your house's wiring at the NID, you can plug the vonage box into any phone jack in your house, and you'll have dial tone in all the other jacks. Quite simple.
Put a note inside the NID so the phone company doesn't accidentally plug it back in -- it could fry your Vonage box.
Put a note inside the NID so the phone company doesn't accidentally plug it back in -- it could fry your Vonage box.
#5
10-15-06, 01:40 PM
^^ That's exactly what I did for my packet8.com phone line and it has worked perfectly for several months now. I would recommend putting the voip box, cable modem, and possibly a phone on a nice size battery backup just in case the power goes out.
Just my 2 cents.
Just my 2 cents.
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Each Jack:
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I can't look in the outside wiring, because the wires box in up an tall poll. There is nothing on the outside walls. Just wires connecting to the poll.
Now this house had 2 seperate lines, because it is 2 seperate appartment. The second line was disconnected because the formal tenant left a few months ago.
Now there are 4 jacks in total. 2 on each floors. My plans is to rewire them all, and possibly upgrade for the future. I got 2 computers at home, connected to a DSL modem. I get occasionly noise statics on my phone line, even without the modem. But everytime I get a tech person here, they can't find anything wrong.
My second request is to add another jack in the computer room, which has none at the moment. I'm using a long R45 cable from a modem i put in another room where there is a telephone jack.
Now the inside wiring goes through walls and thick floor/ceilings (it's an 1920 house), so maping the same path would be way to difficult. So I'm not sure what to do. May be a bigger problem for the second floor.
Now Which system should I upgrade to. I have got only 2 part time jobs, so financing it might be a problem. that's why I wanted to do it myself instead of hiring someone to the hour to do it for me.