How to go about single Cisco IP phone on SOHO network

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Hi Chris,

You may wish to investigate the Vonage SoftPhone:

http://www.vonage.com/features.php?feature=softphone

However, please keep in mind that Vonage "customer support" has gone
totally down the tubes.

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
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<chris@pubshoe.com> wrote in message
news:1124882442.187914.9660@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hello all - new to VOIP so bear with ;-)
>
> Problem - costs involved communicating back home when away
>
> Solution - VOIP
>
> Here's the big question, current hardware is:
>
> Toshiba laptop with Toshiba IP phone software
> Cisco SOHO 97 ADSL router (fixed WAN IP address)
>
> Can I connect a Cisco IP phone to the router back home and place VOIP
> calls from the laptop (via cybercafe etc).
>
> Do I need any other hardware?
>
> Do I need a VOIP service provider, or can I call straight into the
> fixed IP address?
>

Make it easy.

Get VMWare and a copy of CallManager.

Install both.

Put IP communicator on your laptop.

Point it to a public IP for your CM.

Put a 7960 on your LAN

Call home like a crazy person.

(you will need to punch a couple of holes through your firewall TCP 1720,
2000, and UDP 16535 to 32768)



Jonathan