BT voip As I mentioned recently I have signed up for BT Broadband Talk. It all works fine, but no thanks to the BT docs/helpdesk. First off the quickstart guide is titled 'Broadband Voice' which was an earlier offering, but mainly because it insists that you wire the '10V' adapter between your adsl router and your pc and then run their cd. I wasn't prepared to do this because I have a working lan plus vpn connection to the corporate wan and I didn't want to upset the things. As far as I can see the 10V adapter is a full router plus phone adapter (it has dhcp, virtual servers, bridge/route option &c.) but the help desk insisted "no, it's just a phone adapter". I explained I didn't want to run their cd and was told no problem - do setup from our website. So I plugged the 10V into a spare port on my hub, plugged a phone into it, went to their site and hey presto it worked!
cat5 doh! After the initial install worked I wanted to wire this into my home phone wiring which I set up using cat5 (ethernet/phone patchable) plus RJ45/BT adapters. Now of course the BT equipment come complete with BT (6 wire) to RJ11 adapter leads (they use RJ11 on their equipment it's only the wall sockets that are 'BT') but I had RJ45 sockets - what to do? I had already noted that the BT (6 wire) plugs only use the inner 4 wires, and also that RJ45 sockets are 'stepped' _|--|_ so reasoning that everything is straight thru wired I tried using an old (modem) RJ11 - - RJ11 cable and inserting one end into the *middle* of the RJ45 socket. It works - of course - Doh! p.s. I avoided loading the BT software on the cd but now I can't access the 10V (it has a web based config) - my own router is on subnet 192.168.1.x and apparently the 10V sets itelf up on subnet 192.168.192.x Any suggestions most welcome! Andrew Davies MBCS CITP - AndyD 8-)# ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any queries. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
