[ale] Vonage?

[Mike Murphy]

well, depending on the alarm. many are connected to the CO so that a 
fault can be detected (ie, if someone cuts your phone line before the 
home invasion). If you had the alarm connected to the VoIP box, that 
wouldn't work.

Matt Smith wrote:
> I've got my Vonage box behind my router.  It works just fine.
> 
> And, I've got it tied to my inside wiring (as a second line).
> Basically, just wire it in just like where BS hits the inside wiring (or
> anywhere else, really).  Depending on your setup, it may be more or less
> complicated - but done correctly you could address the alarm system
> situation too.
> 
> 
> --Matt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Woodfield [mailto:rekoil at semihuman.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:54 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Vonage?
> 
> 
> OK, now that Speakeasy is offering OneLink, their dialtone-less DSL
> service, 
> I'm seriously investigating moving from a BS dialtone line to Vonage
> (the 
> fact that I just found out I can keep my phone number doesn't hurt
> either). 
> I do have some technical questions, however, and I'm wondering if anyone
> has the 
> experience to answer these:
> 
> - Is the VoIP adapter able to operate with a NAT'ed IP behind an 
> Linux iptables firewall using unmodified MASQUERADE rules, or would one
> need 
> to set up a static NAT entry and port forwarding (or *ugh* a public IP)?
> 
> - Instead of connecting the phone jack directly to a phone, can one run
> it 
> to an existing phone jack and then connect other phones to the inside 
> wiring? Would it be necessary to disconnect the pair from the NIU in
> order 
> to do this?
> 
> TIA, 
> 
> -Chris
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