On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:00:39 +1030, Tim wrote: [...]
That device looks like it sits between your phone and a network connection to the internet. If you have a modem/router you don't even need a computer. It's a stand-alone device, a network device in itself.
If you don't have a modem/router, then you'd need to use a computer to share the internet connection between itself and the ATA, much the same way as you share the internet between more than one PC.
I connect to a SMC7004VWBR router/firewall wirelessly, but well enough for skype. I would be using my computer as a gateway, of sorts, with this device?
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That's a software phone. You use your computer for VOIP, with whatever sound devices are plugged into it (mic, speakers, headphones, etc.).
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The device wouldn't work with Gizmo, then? I'd need a VoIP provider, along the lines of vonage?
thanks,
Thufir