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    Broadband phone and wireless?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by chaninemp, Jan 5, 2006.

  1. chaninemp

    chaninemp Notebook Guru

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    My husband is kind of wondering about Vonage or some other broadband phone. However, we both just bought laptops within the last 4 months, and we are totally wireless, using a d-link router off a cable modem. Does anyone know how you'd route the wireless-phone adapter-modem deal, or if it would not work at all? I tried searching prior threads, and as far as I could see, no one's answered this particular question.

    It would certainly be cheaper than our current deal, and it seems like they've kind of fixed a lot of the 911 problems (although no power would still be an issue - but then, we do both also have cells in that instance.) I just don't want to pursue it any further if our wireless won't work with the service.
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Wouldn't you just plug the base unit into the router? That is still wired. There is a setup video on Vonage's website.
     
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    chaninemp Notebook Guru

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    I wondered about that, but I looked at Vonage's site yesterday and didn't see any diagram other than modem-phone adapter-phone. I might have missed something. I'll look again.

    So, does anyone use broadband phone and like it, if it's possible?
     
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