Can I plug my ATA into a wall jack?

[Scoponox]

I just got my ATA and I would like to know if I can plug it into a wall jack and power up the rest of the house? I only have 2 to 3 phones right now. I noticed in the ATA manual it says not to do it (pg 5 of right side... http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_i ... t_user.pdf).

By the way, when i finally get my home number ported and a dry loop installed with the ISP should I go in the basement and disconnect my Bell line physically?

[FONGO_steve]

Hm, I know Jake here has his connected to several wall jacks in his house. I never knew the manual said not to do it.
You could always wire as many jacks as you need onto your dmarc, then the ATA onto the dmarc as well.

However, that's a "do at your own risk" task, I'm not endorsing it nor fixing anything that may get broken.

[Scoponox]

Wouldn't my new demarc point be the wall jack I will be plugging the ATA into? As long I disconnect the Bell's main demarc point where it enters the house, I don't see how its any different then daisy chaining off the ATA with multiple phones.

Its funny that the ATA came with a male-to-male phone adapter wire too.

[FONGO_kris]

By male-to-male... you mean an RJ-11, standard phone cable?

You're right it's the same, just more convenient for those who don't want to use cordless.

[Scoponox]

Yes standard phone cable. I picked up the ATA from you guys last Friday.

I just thought of something though...I still need to be plugged into at Bell's demarc point so that I can get internet...duh. So does anyone know which 2 of the 4 lines the ATA uses, because I could use the other 2 lines of the phone lines.

[FONGO_steve]

Yes standard phone cable. I picked up the ATA from you guys last Friday.

I just thought of something though...I still need to be plugged into at Bell's demarc point so that I can get internet...duh. So does anyone know which 2 of the 4 lines the ATA uses, because I could use the other 2 lines of the phone lines.

middle two are used
so if you're wiring it on a jack where the internet modem is, you might need to swap some wiring around to get that to work.
Rest of the phone jacks = no issue though, because I presume all the phones will be going through the ATA and not the bell system.

[Scoponox]

Yeah since this is at the same spot, I think i need a double wall jack then....one in from Bell (outer wires from the basement) and one out to the other jacks (inner wires from ATA).

I was doing some reading and Vonage has a how-to (http://vonage.ca/help.php?article=921&category=45&nav=3) but at the very end they say to plug in the DSL modem into their ATA and it works. How does that happen if the DSL has to first come in from the street?

STEP THREE - CONNECT YOUR PHONE ADAPTER
- If you've successfully isolated your wiring and you've confirmed the line is dead, the hard part's over. It's time to connect to Vonage!
- Simply plug your DSL/cable modem into the Vonage phone adapter. Then plug your phone adapter into any telephone jack using a standard telephone cord. Finally, plug regular phones into the other jacks in your house. Telephone jacks are wired in parallel, so when you plug your phone adapter into any working jack, it will spread the signal to the other jacks in your home.