Does anyone know if you can connect a telephone to a wireless Broadband router?

Until last week, I was using a BT Voyager router (wired) and connected my telephone into a port in the back to take advantage of free evening calls.

But I have replaced this with a Belkin wireless router, which does not feature a telephone-in socket. It does, however, have four yellow ethernet ports.

I bought a small device from Maplin which connects the ethernet port with the telephone, but no dialing tone could be heard.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
Many thanks

The answer is no.

The ports on a router are not in any way shpe or form telephone sockets. Even though the router's modem connects to the phone line the signals that make a phone work are completely ignored by the router.

They certainly do not ever end up on the ethernet ports. For one thing the 50V DC and 75V AC ringing signal would probably do some serious damage to your attached PCs if it did

As far as I'm aware the "phone" port on the hub is no different to plugging the phone directly into the "phone" socket on the filter...

By all means check with BT but I'm sure the free evening calls are just part of your package regardless of where/how you physically connect the phone.

I am afraid that it is very different.

If you have registered with BT BB Talk, you will have been given a second telephone number. Having configured your BT router or BT Home Hub with BT BB Talk, any phone connected to that port can make VoIP calls via it. That second 'line' is the source of the free Evening and Weekend calls.

If you have not carried out those steps above, any phone so connected will simply connect to your regular land line and calls will be charged at your regular Land Line tariff.

In addition you can make calls via your Land Line from phones connected to a 'Phone Port' that has been configured for BT BB Talk by pressing 5.

Yes, that puts a different light on it - we just have the HUB phone connected wirelessly on ours though.

There is a similar package for your normal landline too as long as you end the call within a certain time (60 mins I think). So my wife tells me and she pays to bill...

If you do not register with BT BB Talk then the Hub Phone(s) will also default to your Land Line.

It is registered - we use the two as completely seperate lines.

The real advantage for us with BT BB Talk is that we can automatically divert the calls if we are away etc.. and we can set up a different diversion remotely should we wish.

this may be what you need
http://www.sipgate.co.uk/voipshop/linksys/pap2t

Unfortunately, that box won't work with BT BB Talk.

Hi Marathon2004

I have sent you a pm regarding this I would like to help.

Stuart

I have had BB talk working on my linksys ata, or you could always try BT Voyager 10V VOIP adaptor.