Comments on: Basic VoIP House Phone Hacks http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/06/basic-voip-house-phone-hacks/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jerry http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/06/basic-voip-house-phone-hacks/#comment-650555 Jerry Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:33:20 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15143#comment-650555 Plugged my T-Mo@home router into a house jack and every phone in the house works fine. Even my old antique ringer phone! Crystal clear quality and no problems at all. It even works with my alarm dialer. I DID disconnect the phone company's wire coming to the house though just to be sure nothing would feed back and forth that way. Plugged my T-Mo@home router into a house jack and every phone in the house works fine. Even my old antique ringer phone! Crystal clear quality and no problems at all. It even works with my alarm dialer. I DID disconnect the phone company’s wire coming to the house though just to be sure nothing would feed back and forth that way.

]]> By: Wayne D. http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/06/basic-voip-house-phone-hacks/#comment-650015 Wayne D. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:01:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15143#comment-650015 I took an old phone patch able and made a null-modem cable out of it. My Vonage router states it can drive 4 phones on the box. I have a newer patch panel in my house that made all this a lot easier. I took an old phone patch able and made a null-modem cable out of it. My Vonage router states it can drive 4 phones on the box. I have a newer patch panel in my house that made all this a lot easier.

]]> By: brew http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/06/basic-voip-house-phone-hacks/#comment-649380 brew Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:55:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15143#comment-649380 heck, I tied my vonage box in to the house wiring years ago, and I am sure I have 6+ phones running through the box. They are all cordless type ones with their own power, but I don't see any ground breaking stuff here. heck, I tied my vonage box in to the house wiring years ago, and I am sure I have 6+ phones running through the box. They are all cordless type ones with their own power, but I don’t see any ground breaking stuff here.

]]> By: Tim B. http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/06/basic-voip-house-phone-hacks/#comment-648900 Tim B. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:49:20 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15143#comment-648900 (@Jason) It is very true that these devices don't normally supply much power.. but this is easily surmounted with a cheap talk battery booster, in most cases. Low cost for benefit, if you are reliant on many phones scattered throughout a large house or business! Luckily, these days most digital phones extend to multiple handsets wirelessly, so even this is unnecessary. (@Jason) It is very true that these devices don’t normally supply much power.. but this is easily surmounted with a cheap talk battery booster, in most cases. Low cost for benefit, if you are reliant on many phones scattered throughout a large house or business!

Luckily, these days most digital phones extend to multiple handsets wirelessly, so even this is unnecessary.

]]> By: Roscoe http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/06/basic-voip-house-phone-hacks/#comment-648800 Roscoe Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:24:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15143#comment-648800 Phone lines don't care where they're fed from, just make sure that any landline phone service is physically disconnected from the house(snip the wire outside), then plug one end of a cord into your VOIP box jack for a phone, and the other end into any nearby jack. Phone lines don’t care where they’re fed from, just make sure that any landline phone service is physically disconnected from the house(snip the wire outside), then plug one end of a cord into your VOIP box jack for a phone, and the other end into any nearby jack.

]]> By: Jason http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/06/basic-voip-house-phone-hacks/#comment-648678 Jason Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:33:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15143#comment-648678 1) Make sure you do not connect your VOIP box to a real phone service line 2) The VOIP box probably only has a ringer equivalent of 3 or so. If you have digital ringers, it's probably not a problem. If you have a bunch of old phones, it may not work. 1) Make sure you do not connect your VOIP box to a real phone service line
2) The VOIP box probably only has a ringer equivalent of 3 or so. If you have digital ringers, it’s probably not a problem. If you have a bunch of old phones, it may not work.

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