How can I use one account at two locations?

Posts: 33 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 33

I have a small office where I have 2 Vonage lines hooked up. I work at home a lot and need to use the long distance while at home. What can I do to use at office and home? I know I'd need another router for sure but can this be done and which router would be suggested if it can be done?

Thanks.

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Posts: 60 · Full Forum Member Joined: Sep 02, 2005 Posts: 60

Just take your phone adapter home with you...

Posts: 33 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 33

That seems like a simple solution but to unplug everything behind a desk, replug and reboot everything everytime seems like a big hastle. I know there has to be an easier way...

Posts: 60 · Full Forum Member Joined: Sep 02, 2005 Posts: 60

worst case go to radio shack and buy a second power adapter, just unplug the router itself (really small) and take it with you, it should fit in just about any briefcase. Then when you get home you use the secondary power adapter and have another cat5 waiting. Just plug and go....I do this here at our office, works great.

I got a 12v 1500mA plug (white) and they used the original plug to match the connector for me.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2049715&cp=&kw=12v+1500+ma&parentPage=search

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destin5440 wrote:

I have a small office where I have 2 Vonage lines hooked up. I work at home a lot and need to use the long distance while at home. What can I do to use at office and home? I know I'd need another router for sure but can this be done and which router would be suggested if it can be done?

Thanks.

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You could use softphone as well. There's an extra monthy fee for it though.

Posts: 1715 · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:27 pm Post subject:

if it's "a lot of long distance", spend the $25 and get one for home. Sure beats accidentally leaving the adapter at home... OR, you could buy a second adapter, and have Vonage put one of the lines on that one... then you wouldn't be totally up the creek if you forgot it one day.

Posts: 33 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 33

I'd like a second adapter but I would then only have one line at my office and one line to use at home??

Posts: 1715 · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

destin5440 wrote:

I'd like a second adapter but I would then only have one line at my office and one line to use at home??

This is right, but at the same time, if you're dragging the adapters back & forth, it'll save you from going to work one day & forgetting to bring the adapter back with you -- at least you'd still have one working phone line at the office in this scenario.

Even if you try to hack a few adapters to get both lines to show up on multiple adapters, you'll have problems with incoming calls, as the Vonage system only sees the last adapter which logs into their servers (which happens about every 30 seconds or so), so it'd be hit-or-miss as to where the calls go.

The Softphone idea might not be a bad one, at least it'd be a separate line, and you could by a Sipura adapter and use the softphone line a regular phone line then... granted, it'd be limited to 500 minutes of outgoing calls, but at least you'd have a totally separate phone # for home, and wouldn't be dragging Voip adapters back & forth every day.

Posts: 33 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 33

I guess I'll just try the Softphone...I've heard mixed reviews about it.. most not that good. Where do I get one of these Sipura adapter that you mention?

Is the other option just plugging a headset into my sound card or something?

Thanks.