On 25/01/2006, at 10:57 , Robert Howells wrote:
On 25 Jan 2006, at 9:53 AM, Josh McKinnon wrote:
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.
Extending the discussion :
I have no first hand knowledge of VOIP but .....
I question whether a ... " regular " phone connects to the
Router .
1. The normal phone connector is a different size connector
( although similar in appearance ) to that of Ethernet !
2. A regular phone needs 100ma of current to power its Transmitter
circuit.
3. The ringing circuit requires 17 Hz ring voltage to activate.
So this VOIP phone needs to be special for this function , it's a
special Router , or there is a box in the middle
between the Router and a regular phone.
Yep, it's a special router: <http://tinyurl.com/9kezu>
I have a Belkin ATA VoIP adapter <http://tinyurl.com/9956u> The VoIP
adapter has an inbound RJ-45 (ethernet) plug and two outbound RJ-12
(phone) plugs (so it supports two separate phone lines, though I
don't think iinet offer that yet).
So my phone setup is ADSL Modem/Router----(ethernet)---->VoIP
adapter---(phone cable)--->regular telephone
The Belkin ADSL/VoIP Router that iinet now sell combines the ADSL
modem and VoIP adapter in the same box, and has outbound RJ-45 for
ethernet and RJ-12 (x2) for telephone.
-josh
