How Do I Install a Wireless Router with Vonage?
Your Vonage phone adapter attaches to your current network to enable Voice Over IP (VoIP) service, which allows you to talk on a traditional telephone via the Internet. If you need wireless Internet along with the phone adapter, check the Vonage's manual; some Vonage power adapters double as a wireless router. If this is the case, you do not need to add a wireless router. However, if your adapter does not have wireless capabilities, then you can add a wireless router to the mix. In doing so, your Vonage phone adapter connects to the wireless router just like any other device.
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Instructions
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Unplug or power down your modem, router and Vonage phone adapter.
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Connect an Ethernet cable from your Internet Service Provider's (ISP) modem to the "Internet" port on your wireless router.
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Connect an Ethernet cable from one of the numbered Ethernet ports to your computer's Ethernet port.
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Connect the blue Ethernet cable that was included with the Vonage phone adapter from the Vonage's blue "Internet" port to another numbered Ethernet port on your router.
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Plug in your modem, wireless router and then Vonage phone adapter one at a time and wait a full minute between each device to allow each to fully boot up before powering up the next. You computer should not need to power down nor reboot during this process. However, if you experience trouble connecting to Internet, restart your computer.
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Plug your phone's cord into the green phone port on the back of the Vonage phone adapter. The phone should now be operational.
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Log in to the wireless router from your computer using the IP address and login details outlined in the router's manual. Following this manual, set up your wireless security settings to suit your personal needs. It is recommended that you enable WPA encryption to protect your wireless network from unauthorized intrusion. Turning this on varies between routers but will be well detailed in the router's manual.
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Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the computer if you need to used it wirelessly.
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