Aha Rob
You are in need of my recent research on this topic which I will send
you off-list. :-)
School holiday madness led me to do this and I've just signed up with
engin one way from GeraldtSipura locked to engin config only.
I've only been connected for a day so it's a bit soon to comment, but
apart from a teething glitch with settings (more on that as it is
resolved) it's very promising.
I chose engin and staying with Telstra rather than iiNet. The
reasoning for this is in the document I'm sending you. Anyone else
interested, let me know. It's about 7 pages long!
Regards
Reg
On 25 Jan 2006, at 10:57am, 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
That phone will access the new VoIP phone line with a new number.
If you wish to keep access to your old telephone line, then you
can connect another handset, through a filter, to one of the spare
plugs.
Trying to connect more than one handset to the VoIP line might not
be a straightforward process (a double adapter should work, but
then they both have to be downstream of the router)
Also, there is a limit to the number of devices you can have
connected on an ADSL phone line - five devices may be too many.
But you don't need the dialup connection any more. You may still
need to lose one of the phone handsets.
---
Since moving to VoIP (iinet) late last year, I have completely
disconnected my regular phone line (with calls forwarded to the
new number). I've had few problems - only once had to reset the
VoIP adapter to get the line working again, and occasionally the
line drops out during a long call. Our call costs have plummeted
since changing over!
One of the nice things about the VoIP phone is that voicemail is
immediately forwarded to my email address, so I automagically get
messages left at home while I'm at work.
cheers,
Josh
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