I want to design a software or add a gadget that will allow me to sense when the landline phone is ringing, answer and talk to the caller using the mic and speaker of the laptop. When finished hang up the conversation from the laptop. This via the wireless WiFi router connected to the telephone modem.
No added hardware if possable , all done via software and settings.
Lets help those Power user couch potatoes.
Any takers?
Rcmansid
Hello,
So the landline plugs into a wireless something, and the laptop then connects using wireless ?
Sounds like you need an FXS VOIP adapter attached to the landline (Linksys SPA3102 ?). This then hooks via a QOS switch to your wireless AP.
On the laptop, a VOIP client is required (X-Lite ?).
If you want to get fancy, have a look at FreePBX, which is an easy-install Asterisk, and allows a complete VOIP PBX to be setup up for the cost of an old PC.
Get everything working using a wired network first, then migrate to wireless.
Lots of tutorials on youtube about setting up FreePBX, see the excellent series “Asterisk Install With FreePBX - CentOS 5”
Attached is a PDF of some notes I made while doing something similar. Steal from it as you wish, but please credit me where appropriate.
Regards,
Mark
http://www.idesignz.org/AudioBox/AudioBox.htm