On 24/01/2006, at 19:47 , Robert Howells wrote:
On 24 Jan 2006, at 5:42 PM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:
I am considering switching to broadband. IInet offer a one port
Belkin Router with VoIP or a four port.
My intention is to transfer my telephone account and computer
connection into one account.
Around the house I have four telephone sockets. Two have an
ordinary telephone handset on each. A third has a cordless phone
connected to it. The fourth has a "double adapter" with one line
going to a phone-fax and the other to my iMac for dial up connection.
What is the preferred set up under these conditions?
Merv
but the phones , all of them , need to be behind a filter or filters.
Although, if you are planning to use VoIP, then your setup will be
somewhat different. In this case, your regular telephone handset will
connect into a port on the router, with no filters. That phone will
access the new VoIP phone line with a new number.
If you wish to keep access to your old telephone line, then you can
connect another handset, through a filter, to one of the spare plugs.
Trying to connect more than one handset to the VoIP line might not be
a straightforward process (a double adapter should work, but then
they both have to be downstream of the router)
Also, there is a limit to the number of devices you can have
connected on an ADSL phone line - five devices may be too many. But
you don't need the dialup connection any more. You may still need to
lose one of the phone handsets.
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Since moving to VoIP (iinet) late last year, I have completely
disconnected my regular phone line (with calls forwarded to the new
number). I've had few problems - only once had to reset the VoIP
adapter to get the line working again, and occasionally the line
drops out during a long call. Our call costs have plummeted since
changing over!
One of the nice things about the VoIP phone is that voicemail is
immediately forwarded to my email address, so I automagically get
messages left at home while I'm at work.
cheers,
Josh
