[NTLUG:Discuss] Off-Topic - ISDN Phones

[Kevin Brannen]

Jay Urish wrote:
> 
> At 03:36 PM 08/16/1999 , you wrote:
> >Jay Urish wrote:
> >>
> >> Why not just get a cisco 802 router and use the POTS jacks?
> >>
> >> There is no sane reason to buy ISDN phones..
> >>
> >>
> >> Jay Urish >At-Home<
> >> Technical Analyst - Sprint Paranet
> >>
> >
> >
> >Using the pots jacks on a router is fine for 1 room.  I have phones in
> >3 rooms and (will have) ISDN service for all.  So do I buy 3 routers?
> 
> no, you only need 1 router. You just dump one POT line into your houses
> phone circuit.
> (the other two wires will carry the BRI)

This is way I went and am pretty happy.  The phone wire that runs from
room to room comes together in my [wiring] closet, which plugs into my
3Com OfficeConnect LAN Modem (yeh, it's really a dial on demand
router).  The outside line goes into it as well.  It has 2 POTS plugs. 
And I run all my network cables there to run into the modem/router as
well.  I don't use the computer from multiple rooms just yet, but I
suspect that won't be far off w/ school starting, and dad is planning an
"upgrade" so the kids will get the old computer. :-)  BTW, it gives me
NAT and DHCP.  Except that I just lost 1 LAN port on the back (there's
4), it's been a nice device.  Guess I need to get ahold of 3Com about
that...

Kevin