[X4U] airport express and voip

James S Jones jsjones at mac.com
Mon Sep 19 07:12:38 PDT 2005


The Vonage VoIP box (typically, a Linksys) is also a router. You 
connection path would be:

	cable modem to VoIP router (via ethernet cabling)
	VoIP router to Airport Express (also via ethernet cabling)

Vonage works just fine with the Airport routers. I've been doing so 
since January.

On Sep 19, 2005, at 01:32, Mitchell Senft wrote:

> I have a wireless network consisting of an Apple Airport Express 
> wireless base station. Connected to it is a cable modem and a printer
>
> Now I want to add a VOIP box but setting up this expanded network is 
> beyond me.
>
> Simplest, I would think, is if there is some sort of Ethernet cable 
> Y-shaped splitter: one end goes from the cable modem and forks so one 
> wire can go into the VOIP box, one into the Airport Express.
>
> But if that’s not possible, I assume I have to replace the AE. If so, 
> what are my options? I know the wireless cards had to be Apple 
> proprietary cards. But does that apple to the base station? Is a cheap 
> “generic” base station (wireless router”) possible with the Mac? Or is 
> Vonage VOIP service simply not Mac-compatible?


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