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 05/24/2005 06:49:10 PM · #26
I use 911 on my cell phone or just dial the police. Our 911 calls are not real in my town anyway. I live in the outskirts of Wichtia Kansas and our 911 gets sent to them and then sent back down to our local police so it is faster to put our local police on speed dial than to dail 911.
 07/18/2005 11:19:21 AM · #27
Alrighty, so I've signed up for Vonage and they've sent the equipment. Except, for some reason, I thought it was some special contraption but it's just a router. And not a wireless router like I'd like. It doesn't seem like hooking this one up and plugging it into a wireless router is an especially great way to go, does it? I see on the vonage website that they do have wireless routers for someone, but I didn't see anywhere in the sign up that asked me which I prefered. Anyone know about this? If I can get the wireless, I'll try to see if I can return this one.
 07/18/2005 11:29:53 AM · #28
I have phone service through my cable company. It's cheaper than the local phone company (which couldn't get their act together anyway). I'm very happy with the service and the unlimited long distance (north america) is perfect.

edit: BTW, my service is not VOIP so works with all phones in the house. The modem is connected to the incoming cable and is a separte modem from the one for my internet connection.

Message edited by author 2005-07-18 12:37:50.
 07/18/2005 11:50:02 AM · #29
if they sent you the same thing i've got, it goes like this:

cable -> cable modem -> ethernet -> vonage thingy -> ethernet -> linksys wireless router

does that make sense?
 07/18/2005 11:52:19 AM · #30
Originally posted by muckpond:
if they sent you the same thing i've got, it goes like this:

cable -> cable modem -> ethernet -> vonage thingy -> ethernet -> linksys wireless router

does that make sense?


Well, I don't know what all the ethernet junk is but why would my cable have to be routed twice? ie. cable -> cable modem -> vonage router -> wireless router? Can the vonage router (which is linksys) not just be a wireless one?
 07/18/2005 11:54:36 AM · #31
mebbe they sent you a combo phone adapter and router thing. the VoIP box that they sent me is for the phone ONLY, so i still need a separate router.

you should be able to put the wireless router on after the vonage router and be OK.
 07/18/2005 12:43:07 PM · #32
Originally posted by muckpond:
mebbe they sent you a combo phone adapter and router thing. the VoIP box that they sent me is for the phone ONLY, so i still need a separate router.


Yes, it appears to be a combo.

Originally posted by muckpond:

you should be able to put the wireless router on after the vonage router and be OK.


This won't degrade the connection at all? I suppose that would be fine then, although it'd be nice to not have the extra box if possible. Anyway, I've emailed Vonage so we'll see what they say. Thanks! :)
 07/18/2005 01:21:14 PM · #33
I have my Vonage router before my main router (which then has a wireless access point attached). If you run short of bandwidth (should not on cable or faster dsl) then I would prefer to have the phone work clearly and have the web connection a little slower. You can hook the vonage router after the normal router but you might need to give it some static IP's and make some firewall changes - there is something on the vonage web-site about this setup.

Vonage does have the ability to reduce the voice quality to save bandwidth if you like.

I only use Vonage as a second line because remember that if you lose power, a broadband phone stops working (I guess you could UPS the modem and router and it might work, not sure). Could always use a cell as backup.
 07/18/2005 02:10:32 PM · #34
Originally posted by robs:
I only use Vonage as a second line because remember that if you lose power, a broadband phone stops working (I guess you could UPS the modem and router and it might work, not sure). Could always use a cell as backup.


Not always. I'm a service tech. for the local cable company...most of the time if you loose power, the neighborhood is also out..this also includes the power supply that runs the cable system (fiber node), and amplifiers/line extenders after that. This alone would kill your phone service because there would be no RF return signal to power up your modem with service. Just an FYI...
 07/18/2005 02:28:34 PM · #35
Originally posted by rex:
I would like to use it but was told they only have a 3 port router. I have four computers so I need one more port. Any thoughts on this?

The Vonage router probably can handle more PCs, even though it only has 3 ethernet ports. Just buy a switch (aka layer 3 switch or switching hub) and use that to get more physical ports.
 07/18/2005 02:32:49 PM · #36
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by Prof_Fate:

-You cannot (supposedly) plug in all the phones in your house. Only 2. I remain skeptical, i bet you can plug in more, perhaps 4.


someone was telling me about this the other day. supposedly there is a really easy way to make it so that if you run the "out" line from your phone modem to a phone jack in your house, the rest of the jacks from the house will work via the modem (i.e. via Vonage). i haven't had the opportunity to research it, but it seems like it should work, as the phone jacks are just dumb 2-way wires.

:)

Be carefull with this. If you have ADSL (or any phone service) on the phone jack, you should use a two-line adapter and put Vonage on line 2. You'll need an additional two line adapter whereever you want to connect to Vonage. And you have to hope your home was wired correctly.

You should disconnect the Vonage line from the outside phone service at the "demarc", which is where the outside line connects to your phone wireing. Sometimes the phone company makes mistakes, and you want to protect your router.
 07/18/2005 02:39:05 PM · #37
Originally posted by MrAkamai:
Originally posted by muckpond:
got it. love it.

the box i have goes between the cable modem and the router, so you can use whatever router you want to.

i like that a) you can turn voicemail off and b) it will email you when you get a voice message at home, and then you can listen to the message from your computer at work. creepy, kinda, but very cool.


Which box did you buy? I have the Linksys PAP2 box and mine sits behind my router. Maybe you have multiple real IP addresses . Still, I can't imagine why it would sit between the modem and router instead of behind the router.


Vonage sends voice encapsulated in IP packets. Your PC sends data encapsulated in IP packets. If you or someone sharing your internet access is viewing lots of pictures (on dpchallenge?) there may be enough PC data to interfere with the voice. Placing the Vonage box between modem and router helps voice get a higher priority on the internet access.
 07/18/2005 02:40:55 PM · #38
i did it the easy way. i have a set of cordless phones that only the "master" plugs into the phone jack and all of the rest are just plugged in to charge. i didn't have to mess with any wiring at all.
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