How to Build Your Own VoIP Phone System
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Using VoIP technology can save you some cash.
VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol is a type of technology that allows you to use the Internet to place and receive telephone calls. You would hardly know the difference between both phones because using VoIP is just like using a regular landline phone. Toll free long distance calls and cheap international call rates are the main features that draw people to use this kind of technology. Learn how to build your own VoIP system and save yourself some cash.
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RJ-14 telephone jack (surface mount)
Telephone cable
Instructions
1
Look around your home and find spot to place your phone and VoIP adapter. The VoIP adapter must be placed within reach of an electrical receptacle and your Internet modem.
2
Mount an RJ-14 telephone jack near the spot where you will place your adapter. Mount another RJ-14 telephone jack on the wall near to where you will sit your telephone. Use a screwdriver and the screws or mounting tape supplied with the jack.
3
Strip off 3 inches from the tip of the telephone cable’s outer covering using diagonal pliers. Using a wire stripper, strip off 1/2 inch from the tip of the exposed red and green wires. Hook the red wire clockwise around the red terminal post, hook the green wire clockwise around the green terminal post, and tighten the terminal post screws using a slotted screwdriver.
4
Run the phone cable along baseboards, walls, or ceilings to the other jack. Use cable staples every 12 inches to secure the line. Avoid installing the cable side by side with power lines to prevent poor data transmission. Cut the cable once you reach the other jack, but leave an extra inches to allow some slack and working space.
5
Strip off 3 inches from the tip of the telephone cable’s outer covering using diagonal pliers. Using a wire stripper, strip off 1/2 inch from the tip of the exposed red and green wires. Hook the red wire clockwise around the red terminal post, hook the green wire clockwise around the green terminal post, and tighten the terminal post screws using a slotted screwdriver.
6
Connect your VoIP adapter to your computer modem by plugging one end of the Ethernet patch cord supplied with the VoIP adapter into back of the modem, and plugging the other end into the jack at the back of the adapter. Connect your adapter and your phone cable by plugging one end of the telephone patch cord supplied with the adapter into the wall jack and plugging the other end to the back of the adapter.
7
Turn on the modem and the VoIP adapter. Plug a telephone into the wall jack, lift its handset and check for dial tone. Place a call to someone to test the line.
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