Re: Vonage newbie question

*** Replying to a question in CPF0000

Mark Villa wrote:
> I am thinking of getting Vonage.
> Questions:
> 1) Is the reason they have two vonage lines in case you need two phone
> numbers?  or can both lines be used with 1 phone number?

No, you can have two phone numbers on a single Vonage line ... I think
you can have unlimited phone numbers on a Vonage line ... even in
different area codes.

> 2) Do you just plug in your J11 cable to the nearest empty phone
> outlout and go, or is their more to it?

As long as that line has no other phone line on it ... yes ... which is
pretty much what I did.  The polarity will be reversed on that line ...
so you might want to twiddle with the wires a bit, but it hasn't caused
me any problems.

> 3) I will have to plug my vonage into a firebox, not the actual cable
> modem. I don't want to interfere with my VPN. My thought is "Vonage
> should not care", is this true?  I am expecting to have to open a
> couple of ports.

Pretty much, yes.  You probably want to enable QOS on your router so you
can give the Vonage port higher priority.

> 3) did you choose your router and why?

Linksys WRT54G ... because it is a wired & wireless router, is hackable
(based on Linux), and has QOS.

> Sounds easy and the deal is sweet. 14.95 if you can stay to 500 minutes.

Yep ... that's the deal I got.

If you want a referral, let me know and I'll be happy to send you one.

david