http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22303766 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:52:01 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:52:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22884300 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22884300 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:02:45 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22635938 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22635938 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:39:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22613066 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22613066 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:45:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22313927 »k1.stylefeeder.com/thumb/7b/9b/7···-200.jpg]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22313927 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:51:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22313856
BTW, I realized that it's possible that more than two cables could be connected to a given jack and still have daisy-chain wiring. At the first jack you could have one wire going to the NID and multiple others going to other jacks. You could also have multiple connections to the NID, breaking your house's phone wiring into different segments where the only connecting point is at the NID. There are a LOT of possibilities.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22313856 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:37:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22312719 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22312719 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:19:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22309919 said by watts3000:

I have extra headsets now but it would be neat to actually use the jacks in the wall
Is it really impossible to get to your NID?

Also, do you even have a NID? Depending on your condo's arrangement (e.g. converted from a multi-unit apartment) there may be no NID, just a 66 block for all the lines in the building.

As for how to wire the jacks without disconnecting the NID or the punchdown block, here's what I'd do. Note that phone lines can give you a significant shock if someone calls you while you're touching a wire (90 volts). Best bet is to NOT touch the copper wires.

- Pull all the jacks out of the wall and confirm that each has two separate cords, each containing the connected pair of wires, to each jack. Each cord should, depending on age, will likely have more than one pair of wires, at least one of which will be connected to the jack. Likely either a red/green or blue-white/white-blue (striped) pair.

If each jack does have two cables running to it that implies the house is daisy-chain wired. Not a guarantee, but likely.

- Find the source wire, this is trickier. Start at the jack closest to the NID and disconnect both wires. Then, see if you have a dial tone at the other jacks in the house. Test them all. If the jack you got was the first one, all other jacks should be dead. If not, reconnect your wires and repeat at another jack.

- Assuming you find a jack that, when disconnected, kills all the other jacks, you have to find the source pair. You'll have to make a test cord out of an old modular single line cord. Cut one end off and separate and strip the two wires inside. Use a couple of alligator clip leads (Radio Shack Catalog #278-1156 gets you ten for about $8) and connect the modular cord's newly stripped wires to one of the pairs of wires you disconnected from the jack. Polarity isn't important.

Plug the other end of your modular cord into a working phone and see if you have a dial tone. If not, try the other pair you disconnected from the jack. The one that gives you the dial tone SHOULD be coming from the NID.

Connect the non-NID pair of wires back to the jack and check EVERY jack for a dial tone. None should have one. If any of them do then you must have more than one connection to the NID and this whole thing likely won't work out.

If none of the jacks are live, tape up the NID pair so they won't short out and put everything back (jacks back into the walls). Confirm again that your jacks are dead and connect your ATA into any jack with a jumper, then confirm that all the jacks now DO have a dial tone. If so, you're done.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22309919 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:16:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22309134 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22309134 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:59:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22307488
I recently substituted a wire running from across a room for connecting my vonage router to a nearby home tel jack.

I did disconnect the little wire that comes out of the first jack that connects to the tel. co. but people have trouble hearing me talking from the phone in that distant room.

Can you buy anything to boost signal strength for traditianal wiring setups???? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22307488 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:06:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22305269 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22305269 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:27:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22304614 said by trekologer:

Typically, since a condo is owned by the individual owner, the phone NID isn't shared so there is only one for the condo unit, and usually on the outside but possibly in the basement/crawlspace or utility closet. In most cases, disconnecting at the NID is just a matter of opening the box and unplugging a short phone cord.
I agree -- that's the best way to do it. There are too many ways that trying to break up a "hope it's really wired that way" loop can go wrong. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22304614 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:11:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22304510
That is a lot easier than trying to figure out if the jacks are wired in series, and if they are, which is the first one. The other possibility is that each (or most) jacks are wired directly to a central point (either the NID or some other distribution point usually in the basement/crawlspace or utility closet) and, if that's the case, you're back to disconnecting at the NID.

So, its best to first figure out where the phone wiring comes into the condo and inspecting it to try to determine how its distributed. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22304510 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:48:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22304185 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22304185 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:48:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22304041
The key is isolating that wiring from the telco. drop. That can be a chore, but if your wiring is daisy chained you ought to be able to figure out which is the first jack and disconnect that one from the NID.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22304041 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:18:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22303766 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/connect-vonage-to-phone-jacks-22303766 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:24:38 EDT