On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 23:45 +0000, Thufir wrote:
I'm looking at the http://www.grandstream.com/y-286.htm, which is an Analog Telephone Adapter for VOIP.
The ATA will initially configure its own IP address with DHCP?
'IP Address: dynamically assigned via DHCP (default) or PPPoE (will attempt PPPoE if DHCP fails and following is non-blank)' http://www.grandstream.com/user_manuals/HandyTone.pdf
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.
Sounds like a piece of cake. Once it's configured, how is the ATA made to work with http://www.gizmoproject.com/? I would just pick up the phone and dial? There must be some configuration beyond that.
That's a software phone. You use your computer for VOIP, with whatever sound devices are plugged into it (mic, speakers, headphones, etc.).