2009/8/1 Jonathan <[email protected]>: > Hi All, > > Maybe I'm just typing the wrong thing into Google, but this seems a hard > topic to get info on. Here's what I want to do: > Connect my existing land line phones into some piece of hardware so I can then > use my cable internet connection to make calls.
It's called an "ATA" (Analogue Telephone Adaptor) > Some people seem to think you can use a normal 56K (voice) modem to do this, > with some software on my linux box. (seams like the cheapest option!) seems like a lot of messing about > Others seem to think there is specific hardware to connect a landline phone > into an ethernet to convert the phones to VOIP phones. Infact netcomm sell > these, but require direct connection to the modem, which sounds like it could > present problems with the bigpond heart beat, and my remote access. Apparantly > netcomm don't make reliable hardware anyway, something I would think inportant > for this application. > > > Oh, and I know all this could be done easily if I just went to an ADSL2+ > plan+voip, but I'm a long way from the exchange (3.8km by google maps) That's not a long way, Use tpg.com.au/maps to workout what speed you'd likely get. Suitable devices include most of the Billion 6xxx series, Linksys PAP2 and clones. I'm using a Zyxel 2000 series that is doing fine. It was on special for about $30. Most of the time you'll need to spend around $50-100 to get something capable of 1-2 phones. > Any thoughts? > > Cheers > > Jon > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
