Wireless Laptop and VoIP

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 20, 2005 Posts: 11

I just got rid of Verizon DSL-the worst service in the world.
My question-

I have only Internet wireless on my laptop (built in wireless modem).
How do I connect my LinkSys RT31P2 so that I can use Voip
I tried connecting LAN from the back of my computer to WAN on LINSYS and connecting phone1 to my phone. No dial tone.
I set the LINK YSYto OBTAIN Auto IP

Thanks.

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Posts: 24 · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject:

I'm assuming you have a wireless router already. I did also. Vonage just sent me the router with the phone jacks in them. So I hooked the new router up to my old wireless router (which also had ethernet ports for hardwiring a network). Does your wireless router also have 4 or so ethernet ports in the back of it? Or is it strictly wireless?? In which case you might have to switch the order of the routers.

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject:

who is your isp and how does it work? is it from a wireless modem or one of those wisp deals?

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 20, 2005 Posts: 11

I am using WiFi.
Laptop has bult in Wireless Modem.

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 20, 2005 Posts: 11

Do I need additional equipment?
I have LinkSys rt31p2 from Vonage

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject:

Vonage doesn't offer a wifi phone adapter. you need to go for the softphone or look for wifi enabled phones. there are several threads on that here, though I can't remember off the top of my head if one is available for Vonage yet or not. I think it's still in test mode.

but now that I think about it, you may be able to connect say, a linksys pap2 (vonage device, little different than the rt31p2 in that it's not a router) to the ethernet port on your router and use it that way. There's a thread on it somewhere, I'll try to find it.

edit: this is the thread, but greg's solution is probably better.
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic4034.html

Posts: 2 · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:44 pm Post subject:

I have mine set up using wireless, here is what you have to do.

You need to go buy a wireless bridge, here are a couple of decent ones, I actually use the first one, it is cheap and works:
wireless 1
Wireless 2

You use that to pull a wireless feed from the wireless network. On the back of those it will have a place to insert your network cable, run the network cable from that to the in on your Vonage router.

One thing to keep in mind when using wireless to connect is that using a 2.4 ghz wireless phone will interfere with the wireless network and possibly cause dropped connection or slow down. So it is best to go with either a 900mhz or 5.2 ghz cordless phone

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 20, 2005 Posts: 11

I am using WiFi on my laptop.
Please explain how should I connect the WIreless Router LinksysWRT54G, Vonage LinksysRT31P2 and my laptop and Corfless phone.

Thanks.

Posts: 10 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 23, 2005 Posts: 10

zeevk wrote:

I am using WiFi on my laptop.
Please explain how should I connect the WIreless Router LinksysWRT54G, Vonage LinksysRT31P2 and my laptop and Corfless phone.

Thanks.

Wi-Fi only provides the connection between your laptop and an access point. As gregh29 suggested, a wireless bridge can "grab" the same wireless signal from the same access point into something your router / TA can plug into. You just need to configure the bridge to pick up the same access point as your PC.

Of course, to connect to the internet, the access point needs to connect to some ISP. Obviously your laptop is connected to a Wi-Fi access point which is connected to the internet. So the question is, who is providing the internet service from the access point? Is it a public access point? A "hot spot" nearby such as a Starbucks / T-Mobile hot spot? A neighbor perhaps? Smile

Posts: 318 · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject:

alaw168 wrote:

zeevk wrote:

I am using WiFi on my laptop.
Please explain how should I connect the WIreless Router LinksysWRT54G, Vonage LinksysRT31P2 and my laptop and Corfless phone.

Thanks.

Wi-Fi only provides the connection between your laptop and an access point. As gregh29 suggested, a wireless bridge can "grab" the same wireless signal from the same access point into something your router / TA can plug into. You just need to configure the bridge to pick up the same access point as your PC.

Of course, to connect to the internet, the access point needs to connect to some ISP. Obviously your laptop is connected to a Wi-Fi access point which is connected to the internet. So the question is, who is providing the internet service from the access point? Is it a public access point? A "hot spot" nearby such as a Starbucks / T-Mobile hot spot? A neighbor perhaps? Smile

actually, in his case the answer is quite simple: plug the RT31P2 into the back of the WRT54G. then plug a phone into the back of the RT31P2 (Line 1). You don't need to mess with anything WiFi-related in that sort of setup