| can I hook up more than one phone I have read that you need to plug your phone into an adapter that plugs into the computer. That's fine for the phone that sits on my desk next to my computer but what about the other 3 phones I have in other rooms of my house? Will they work as well or do they have to be plugged into an adapter and a computer as well? |
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2 edits | said by qhaha :I have read that you need to plug your phone into an adapter that plugs into the computer. That's fine for the phone that sits on my desk next to my computer but what about the other 3 phones I have in other rooms of my house? Will they work as well or do they have to be plugged into an adapter and a computer as well?
First, the Vonage controller typically connects to your internet connection, not to a specific computer. That means that it connects to your modem, to an ethernet switch, or to your primary router, not to a computer. At one time Vonage did offer a USB adapter that did connect to a computer, but that was designed for mobile use (with a headset connected to the USB adapter), not as a standard phone controller (and I don't think that Vonage even sells the V-Phone USB adapter anymore).
See the Vonage FAQs Vonage V-Portal and Installing Your Vonage Phone Adapter for more information on the Vonage V-Portal adapter.
See the Vonage FAQ Vonage V-Phone Installation Instructions - Quick Start Guide for more information on the Vonage V-Phone USB adapter.
You can connect as many phones to the Vonage controller's FXS connector (the RJ-11 telephone jack) as it's ringer equivalence rating will support (that will vary with the controller, but I have had no problems connecting five phones to any Vonage controller that I have used).
Read the Vonage FAQ How do I wire my home telephone line for use with Vonage? for more information (or you can run new telephone wiring, or use wireless phones).
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Yes. Disconnect telco at the main entrance box coming from the telephone pole. If it is an older house, all the inside jacks will be in parallel. You connect the small jack on the adapter to the closest jack with the line cord. That will activate all the jacks in the house.
If all of your telephones have electronic ringers (tweety birds !) you won't have any problems with the number of phones. However I would not put more than three or four connected.
Modem > Vonage adapter > computer RJ45 cables.
Modem > Vonage adapter > small jack RJ11 > jack in house. |
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This is so simple, even I did it by myself and I hate working with wiring, unless it's stereo equipment!
Your Vonage adaptor does not plug into your computer at all.
I have 5 cordless phones on my system, which is what I read the max is.
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| said by cork1958:I have 5 cordless phones on my system, which is what I read the max is.
No! That would be true for corded phones ... but with a cordless setup, only the base station ringer is triggered by the line current from the adapter. The satellite phone ringers are "powered" by each remote handset's internal battery. I have a two-line setup with 7 cordless plus one base, working (ringing) just fine off a 2-line (two DIDs) PAP2T-NA. |
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2 edits | said by N9MD:said by cork1958:I have 5 cordless phones on my system, which is what I read the max is.
No! That would be true for corded phones ... but with a cordless setup, only the base station ringer is triggered by the line current from the adapter. The satellite phone ringers are "powered" by each remote handset's internal battery. I have a two-line setup with 7 cordless plus one base, working (ringing) just fine off a 2-line (two DIDs) PAP2T-NA. The ringer equivalence limitation can also be true for cordless phones. While the DECT phone system does use only a single base station that serves multiple wireless phones, there are still many cordless phones in use (and still being sold) that require a tethered connection to the telephone line for each base station/phone pair.
While I have a DECT system that also integrates Bluetooth connections to two cell phones, I also have an older GE 900 mhz headset phone, and a Vtech 5 ghz phone that each have their own base station, and draw current from the Vonage FXS port when ringing. I also have two corded phones and a fax modem connected, which if each device had a REN of "one", would put me over the Vonage adapter current limit. However, most modern phones have a REN of much less than "one" (the REN value "one" is primarily used for the old Western Electric boat anchors that had a mechanical gong and striker ringer).
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said by N9MD:said by cork1958:I have 5 cordless phones on my system, which is what I read the max is.
No! That would be true for corded phones ... but with a cordless setup, only the base station ringer is triggered by the line current from the adapter. The satellite phone ringers are "powered" by each remote handset's internal battery. I have a two-line setup with 7 cordless plus one base, working (ringing) just fine off a 2-line (two DIDs) PAP2T-NA. FWIW,
2 of the phones in my setup is a satellite phone then. I kind of thought of mentioning that after I posted. So, I guess you could say I have 3 phones attached to my main line.
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Well i don't think there should be any issue in that. there are many ways to get one phone line connected to many phones. like through a local area network or in dedicated voip providers case through a connection expander. |
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