On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > 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!) > > 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. Your looking for an ATA Adapter such as this one: http://www.globaltekvoip.com.au/Products_pages/ATAs/Grand_H286.html See http://www.3cx.com/PBX/FXS-FXO.html for some more info about this. Regards, -- Craig -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
