On 25/01/2006 11:08 AM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 25/01/2006, at 10:57 AM, 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. >> >> Would love to hear the details >> >> Bob > > You can purchases a small ATA box that plugs into an ethernet port on > the router, then into a regular phone. > > Seeya > > Rod! >
Also some of the new ADSL modems come with 2 phone ports on them. I have the Belkin 4 Port Ethernet Modem with VoIP service and it has 2 "normal" phone points on it. So all I did was just plug in a "normal" Telstra phone and that was it. As I was a current iinet customer when I upgraded to iiBroadband2+ with VoIP iinetphone service I got the Belkin unit for $139. Normally it's $199. Normally I would have jut bought the unit myself from Belkin, but they don't sell them as yet. I think they must have done a deal to just supply them to iinet for a while. All in all, it's not a bad service. I haven't fully pushed it to it's limits, but hopefully sometime in the next 2 weeks I'll use it a lot. And it has it's own phone number as well, so people can call me on it. Hope that information helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh**
