Non cordless house phones for voip how to#
Non cordless house phones for voip free#

When the phone stops the line you disconnected last is your outside line. Unless they are labeled you need to test each line to find out which line is the incoming line, or another way to do this is to leave one phone connected, listen for a tone, and then disconnect one set of wires at a time. Newer homes: Most new homes usually have all of your phone wires routed to one box where all of the wires from each phone jack all connect together. When you're ready to cut, only cut one wire at a time these wire are still live, it's a good Idea to tape or wire nut the ends so they don't short out or electrocute someone. Make sure you have room to work and make some more connections. As long as you don't cut the wires off at a stupid location or cut them too short this is fully reversible. If this is outside your home you may want to relocate this terminal and move it to a more convenient spot. There should be a point at which all of the wires connect. Older homes: Find where your phone line enters your home (walk around outside if you need to) there will typically be 4 wires (two phone lines). Start by unplugging every phone or answering machine in your house.

If you don't disconnect your incoming line you will ruin your USB Phone adapter and possible your computer. The voltage is about 9 volts when not ringing 40 volts while talking and nearly 120 volt or higher when ringing. YOU MUST DO THIS STEP FIRST Your POTS line is powered by your local telephone company, even when you don't have service through them. Make sure you understand enough about it and decided if it will work for your situation. This system works for me and my configuration but it may not work for you.

Disclaimer: Do this at your own risk, you can get shocked or injured by doing this incorrectly. And it allows you to use your VOIP service more like normal phones. it just allows you to use your 'normal' phones on your VOIP service through your existing wiring. This will not allow you to use 2 phones at the same time, on the same call or even two separate calls. You can have several phones plugged in and they will all ring when someone calls. With a few simple steps you can use the same wires and same phones that your POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) use. This will also work for a non dedicated computer as long as you have a USB Phone adapter.

Non cordless house phones for voip how to#

This instructable does not cover setting up a server, but is how to connect that server, or a Vonage (or other) VoIP router to your home phone wiring. One of the best solutions for VOIP is to have a dedicated computer for VOIP services. You can get phone adapters but you are still tied to one location, and that location is near a PC. However one of the draw backs of VOIP is that you are tied to a computer to make or receive calls.

Non cordless house phones for voip free#

VoIP is Cheap if not free and becoming more and more wide spread every day.