Appendix B

VoIP Phone Installation

Options

Your X5v gateway makes it easy to make both VoIP calls over the Internet and regular phone calls using your standard phone service. You can plug a single telephone into the X5v’s PHONE jack. You may prefer to connect more than one phone to the X5v so that you can make VoIP calls from other rooms. You have a choice of several ways to accomplish this without running wires.

•Plug Multiple Phones Directly into the X5v

•Use Cordless Phones to Link to the X5v

•Install the X5v Where Your Phone Line Enters Your Home

(USA Only)

The first two ways are very easy and virtually foolproof. The third requires more effort.

Plug Multiple Phones Directly into the X5v

If you want more than one phone near the X5v—in a small office, for example—you can use standard telephone adapters to connect multiple phones. These adapters are called T-adapters or 2-jack modular adapters; many people use them to plug in their answering machines. You can plug in as many phones as you’d like. (If you plug multiple phones directly into the X5v, just be sure that when you add up all their Ringer Equivalence Numbers (RENs), the total is 5 or lower. Virtually all phones show the REN somewhere. Most phones have a REN that’s 1 or lower.)

Use Cordless Phones to Link to the X5v

If you have a cordless phone that has more than one handset, simply plug the base station into the X5v—you can then make

Appendix B: VoIP Phone Installation Options

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