Re: DoorBell Fon and VOIP linksys adapters - can they co-exist?

["wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you put the linksys ahead of the doorbell unit it should be fine.  At in,
connect it into the 'incoming phone line' jack of the doorbell fon unit.
That way anything the doorbellfon needs to 'send' to the handsets won't go
to the linksys.

I'd wonder if there's anything the handsets need to send to the linksys that
the doorbellfon might interfere with?  Catching the 'hook flash' is one,
what else does it need?



"cribis" <chrisylvania@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I should have done some more work before posting...but I am looking at
> a neat door intercom system for my home.  The DoorBell Fon with the
> brass outdoor station looks absolutely perfect....with one lone
> problem...I don't know if it will blow up my Linksys phone adapter used
> with my VOIP provider.
>
> I am under the impression that the adapter would only be damaged by
> ringing voltage sent from a typical central office, and that the
> DoorBell Fon probably would be fine if I simply plugged in the phone
> adapter to the Doorbel Fon unit and the output to my homes premise
> wiring serving my phone handsets.  But I am not sure if this my
> introduce excess voltage or current that will fry my VOIP adapter.
>
> The only other alternative would be to set up some designated handsets
> for the DoorBell Fon, but that would be little dorky.
>
> Any thoughts or technical links anybody can offer?  Thanks.