[bcab] Re: skype and landline phones

Hi,

Have you checked to see if Vista drivers are available on the manufacturer's 
website?  These are very popular products.

Philips do a solution that allows you to plug the base station into the router 
(using RJ45 connection) as well as the standard BT socket, and this can connect 
and sign into Skype on the phone itself.  There is apparently also a web 
interface where you can configure some options.  Not sure overall how 
accessible this this.

I personally just use a headset on the computer itself, but I do make a lot of 
landline calls with Skype.  Since we upgraded the network at the beginning of 
the month, and put in a new Cisco firewall, we have had some issues with Skype, 
but I think this is because machines cannot connect directly to Skype running 
on my machine.  I am trying to sort this out, with finding exactly how Skype 
tries to connect to your PC.

Andrew.

From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Graham Page
Sent: 30 November 2008 17:12
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] skype and landline phones

    Hi all.

I currently have a phone allowing me to connect to skype and also to my 
landline.  It plugs into the USB port of my PC and into the telephone socket on 
the wall.  It is called the Dualphone I think.  It does not, however work with 
Vista.  I am trying to find an accessible solution that will allow me to take 
both skype and landline calls on the same phone.  Ideally it should be a 
cordless phone and it needs to work with Vista.

Anyone any ideas?

Regards


Graham
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