garys_2k
join:2004-05-07
Farmington, MI
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Vonage
| reply to watts3000
Re: connect vonage to phone jacks
Theoretically, maybe. If you can find the one jack that's wired to the NID and disconnect that one connection, AND if all the jacks are daisy-chained (connected jack to jack, with only the one connected to the NID) then you can do it.
The key is isolating that wiring from the telco. drop. That can be a chore, but if your wiring is daisy chained you ought to be able to figure out which is the first jack and disconnect that one from the NID. |
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watts3000
join:2002-01-21
Birmingham, AL | I'm a beginner at this so how do you identify which jack ties into the nid. So if I kill that one jack that should create the internal loop or is there any other wiring that would need to take place on the other jacks? |
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trekologer
join:2005-10-20
Old Bridge, NJ
| Typically, since a condo is owned by the individual owner, the phone NID isn't shared so there is only one for the condo unit, and usually on the outside but possibly in the basement/crawlspace or utility closet. In most cases, disconnecting at the NID is just a matter of opening the box and unplugging a short phone cord.
That is a lot easier than trying to figure out if the jacks are wired in series, and if they are, which is the first one. The other possibility is that each (or most) jacks are wired directly to a central point (either the NID or some other distribution point usually in the basement/crawlspace or utility closet) and, if that's the case, you're back to disconnecting at the NID.
So, its best to first figure out where the phone wiring comes into the condo and inspecting it to try to determine how its distributed. |
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garys_2k
join:2004-05-07
Farmington, MI
·Future Nine Corpor..
·Vonage
| said by trekologer  :Typically, since a condo is owned by the individual owner, the phone NID isn't shared so there is only one for the condo unit, and usually on the outside but possibly in the basement/crawlspace or utility closet. In most cases, disconnecting at the NID is just a matter of opening the box and unplugging a short phone cord. I agree -- that's the best way to do it. There are too many ways that trying to break up a "hope it's really wired that way" loop can go wrong. |
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