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Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
How to go about single Cisco IP phone on SOHO network |
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Hello all - new to VOIP so bear with ;-)
Problem - costs involved communicating back home when away
Solution - VOIP
Here's the big question, current hardware is:
Toshiba laptop with Toshiba IP phone software
Cisco SOHO 97 ADSL router (fixed WAN IP address)
Can I connect a Cisco IP phone to the router back home and place VOIP
calls from the laptop (via cybercafe etc).
Do I need any other hardware?
Do I need a VOIP service provider, or can I call straight into the
fixed IP address?
Thanks in advance!
Chris |
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Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:
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Hi Chris,
You may wish to investigate the Vonage SoftPhone:
http://www.vonage.com/features.php?feature=softphone
However, please keep in mind that Vonage "customer support" has gone
totally down the tubes.
Sincerely,
Brad Reese
BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Service Experts
http://www.bradreese.com/index.htm#EXPERTS
1293 Hendersonville Road, Suite 17
Asheville, North Carolina USA 28803
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Paul
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Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:
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Why would anyone want to use vonage? (yeah yeah I know there are people who
just want a working phone)
You have to pay extra for their softphone anyway.
Not to mention the total lack of flexibility with them.
"www.BradReese.Com" <Reese@BradReese.Com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi Chris,
You may wish to investigate the Vonage SoftPhone:
http://www.vonage.com/features.php?feature=softphone
However, please keep in mind that Vonage "customer support" has gone
totally down the tubes.
Sincerely,
Brad Reese
BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Service Experts
http://www.bradreese.com/index.htm#EXPERTS
1293 Hendersonville Road, Suite 17
Asheville, North Carolina USA 28803
USA/Canada Toll Free: 877-549-2680
International: 828-277-7272
United Kingdom: 44-20-70784294
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Jonathan
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Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:
Re: How to go about single Cisco IP phone on SOHO network |
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<chris@pubshoe.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hello all - new to VOIP so bear with ;-)
Problem - costs involved communicating back home when away
Solution - VOIP
Here's the big question, current hardware is:
Toshiba laptop with Toshiba IP phone software
Cisco SOHO 97 ADSL router (fixed WAN IP address)
Can I connect a Cisco IP phone to the router back home and place VOIP
calls from the laptop (via cybercafe etc).
Do I need any other hardware?
Do I need a VOIP service provider, or can I call straight into the
fixed IP address?
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Make it easy.
Get VMWare and a copy of CallManager.
Install both.
Put IP communicator on your laptop.
Point it to a public IP for your CM.
Put a 7960 on your LAN
Call home like a crazy person.
(you will need to punch a couple of holes through your firewall TCP 1720,
2000, and UDP 16535 to 32768)
Jonathan |
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