How To Setup VOIP Phones Throughout Your
Home
By Jon Arnold
We are creatures of habit, and once we get used to doing things a certain
way, it really is difficult to change. For some people, this also applies to
implementing home VOIP service in their home. Unlike traditional phones,
where your home may already be wired with a phone jack in the wall in each
and every room, your home is probably not wired in the same way for VOIP.
But you can still implement VOIP throughout your home, and there
are multiple ways to accomplish this.
Let's look at the component parts of your VOIP system. Once you decide
which VOIP provider to use, you will get a VOIP adapter box, also known
as an ATA box. This box is about the size of a deck of cards and is the
"smarts" behind the VOIP. One cable from this ATA box plugs into a spare
jack on your high-speed Internet router, and your standard RJ-11 jack
from your regular phone plugs into the other end of the ATA box.
Ok, some of you are saying you have a problem already, since your high-
speed Internet connection modem only has ONE jack on it, and that is
where you plug your computer in so you can get online. Yes, this is a
problem but not a huge one. You are going to need to go to Best Buy or
Radio Shack or some similar place and get a HUB.
The easiest way to thinkof this is like being an extension cord for your high-
speed Internet modem. You plug the hub into an electrical outlet, and
then you run a cable from the hub to the jack on your high-speed Internet
modem. Now you plug your computer into one of the jacks on the hub (you
will probably have about 3 or 4 of them), and also plug the cable from your
VOIP ATA box into another jack on the hub. Before you leave Best Buy or
Radio Shack, make sure you have the cables with RJ45 plugs on each end
– one of these goes from the hub to your modem and another one goes
from your VOIP ATA box to the hub.
Now with your VOIP ATA box connected to the hub or directly into your high-
speed Internet modem if you had a spare jack on it, you just connect your
standard traditional phone into the RJ-11 jack on the ATA box and you are
good to go.
But what about using your VOIP phone throughout the house so that you
are not tethered to the room that has the ATA box and the high-speed
Internet modem? You have multiple options here. You can use a cordless
phone where you would plug the base unit into the VOIP ATA box, and then
you are good to go. I would recommend a cordless phone that is in the 5.8
Ghz range to provide your best coverage.
If you want to have multiple phone handsets around the house, I would
recommend getting one of those multi-unit cordless phone setups. Some of
those can accommodate up to 8 cordless phones with the same base unit.
There are places online that will explain how to wire your VOIP ATA box into
the outside wiring of your home phone system so that the RJ-11 jacks you
already have in every room can still be used. While this is possible, it is not
recommended. There are multiple stories of people who have blown out
their ATA box and/or the entire phone wiring of their home because they
were not familiar enough with the electrical load requirements of
implementing a system like that. Unless you are an electrician or telephone
company repair person, this approach is likely to cause more problems
than it solves.
For more information and to see a logical comparison of the costs and
features of Home VOIP Providers please visit our web site at
http://www.voipinsideinfo.com
Home
By Jon Arnold
We are creatures of habit, and once we get used to doing things a certain
way, it really is difficult to change. For some people, this also applies to
implementing home VOIP service in their home. Unlike traditional phones,
where your home may already be wired with a phone jack in the wall in each
and every room, your home is probably not wired in the same way for VOIP.
But you can still implement VOIP throughout your home, and there
are multiple ways to accomplish this.
Let's look at the component parts of your VOIP system. Once you decide
which VOIP provider to use, you will get a VOIP adapter box, also known
as an ATA box. This box is about the size of a deck of cards and is the
"smarts" behind the VOIP. One cable from this ATA box plugs into a spare
jack on your high-speed Internet router, and your standard RJ-11 jack
from your regular phone plugs into the other end of the ATA box.
Ok, some of you are saying you have a problem already, since your high-
speed Internet connection modem only has ONE jack on it, and that is
where you plug your computer in so you can get online. Yes, this is a
problem but not a huge one. You are going to need to go to Best Buy or
Radio Shack or some similar place and get a HUB.
The easiest way to thinkof this is like being an extension cord for your high-
speed Internet modem. You plug the hub into an electrical outlet, and
then you run a cable from the hub to the jack on your high-speed Internet
modem. Now you plug your computer into one of the jacks on the hub (you
will probably have about 3 or 4 of them), and also plug the cable from your
VOIP ATA box into another jack on the hub. Before you leave Best Buy or
Radio Shack, make sure you have the cables with RJ45 plugs on each end
– one of these goes from the hub to your modem and another one goes
from your VOIP ATA box to the hub.
Now with your VOIP ATA box connected to the hub or directly into your high-
speed Internet modem if you had a spare jack on it, you just connect your
standard traditional phone into the RJ-11 jack on the ATA box and you are
good to go.
But what about using your VOIP phone throughout the house so that you
are not tethered to the room that has the ATA box and the high-speed
Internet modem? You have multiple options here. You can use a cordless
phone where you would plug the base unit into the VOIP ATA box, and then
you are good to go. I would recommend a cordless phone that is in the 5.8
Ghz range to provide your best coverage.
If you want to have multiple phone handsets around the house, I would
recommend getting one of those multi-unit cordless phone setups. Some of
those can accommodate up to 8 cordless phones with the same base unit.
There are places online that will explain how to wire your VOIP ATA box into
the outside wiring of your home phone system so that the RJ-11 jacks you
already have in every room can still be used. While this is possible, it is not
recommended. There are multiple stories of people who have blown out
their ATA box and/or the entire phone wiring of their home because they
were not familiar enough with the electrical load requirements of
implementing a system like that. Unless you are an electrician or telephone
company repair person, this approach is likely to cause more problems
than it solves.
For more information and to see a logical comparison of the costs and
features of Home VOIP Providers please visit our web site at
http://www.voipinsideinfo.com
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