Vphone without the equipment

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Nov 02, 2007 Posts: 3

I signed up for vonage - I want to use my computer exclusively and do not want to pay an additional 9.99 for the SoftPhone product - i only need one number - I do not want teh USB v-phone device as I will either use my existing router that is being shipped to me or I will see if I can just config without. can someone offer some assistance? Do I have to buy the VPhone USB device to use VPhone? If not, how do I go about this or can you send me the link to an article in the forum. I'm still looking and reading. Thanks.

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Nov 02, 2007 Posts: 3

A little research and I found a solution that I've played with..... This is only IF you want to ONLY use a PC instead of having the PC and an ATA (router). You will be disconnecting yoru router.

1. With an active Vonage Line/Account download Vonage Talk (https://alpha.vonage.com/vtalk).
2. Install it and set it up using your Username and Password from your online account.
3. Once you log in it will automatically re-configure your online account to ring both your vonage line (ATA) and your Vonage Talk line on your PC.
4. On your online dashboard under Call Forwarding add a secondary number to SimulRing (dop not delete the funny stuff in the one field as that is your Vonage Talk account.
5. On your online dashboard DISABLE your voice mail (otherwise your calls will dump directly to your Vonage Voice Mail and will never ring your Vonage Talk PC).
6. Disconnect your ATA
7. Place a test call
Wallla!

Posts: 879 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 879

kleanthisa wrote:

5. On your online dashboard DISABLE your voice mail (otherwise your calls will dump directly to your Vonage Voice Mail and will never ring your Vonage Talk PC).

Disabling your Vonage voicemail is NOT necessary to get Vonage Talk to ring for an incoming call. My voicemail is enabled and Vonage Talk rings along with my primary Vonage phone line whenever I receive an incoming call. BTW, you can check for voicemail messages by dialing *123 from Vonage Talk.

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Nov 02, 2007 Posts: 3

Darrell_G wrote:

kleanthisa wrote:

5. On your online dashboard DISABLE your voice mail (otherwise your calls will dump directly to your Vonage Voice Mail and will never ring your Vonage Talk PC).

Disabling your Vonage voicemail is NOT necessary to get Vonage Talk to ring for an incoming call. My voicemail is enabled and Vonage Talk rings along with my primary Vonage phone line whenever I receive an incoming call. BTW, you can check for voicemail messages by dialing *123 from Vonage Talk.

It is necessary IF you do not have an ATA and do not want to use one. But you are correct if you want to use it WITH an ATA.