[TriLUG] looking for bridge mode cable modem for Spectrum

[Mike Viscount via TriLUG]

Here's what I have with Spectrum including phone line .... You don't
actually need the Sagecom but it was/is free so I started using it to make
sure everything was good and if not I could blame it on them ... and
everything is good.  If they were to charge me for it I'd say no thanks and
go back to my Netgear R6400 that's sitting in my office.

Aris TM1602A - cable modem w/ 2 phone jacks
  - Touchstone TM1602 Telephony Modem
  -
https://arris.secure.force.com/consumers/ConsumerProductDetail?p=a0ha000000RpkogAAB&c=Touchstone%20Modems#panel3
  - cable in
  - network out port
  - 2 phone line out jacks

Sagecom Fast 5260 - Wireless Router

https://d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/sup_F5260UserGuide15Apr17-1493911320.pdf
  - Internet/WAN in
  - 4 LAN network ports

Network out from the Aris to the Sagecom Internet/WAN port

I run 1 of my Sagecom network ports out to a 16 port switch that
distributes around the house
1 of those switch ports goes out to my back yard to a Ubiquity Access Point
I am able to access/configure my wireless router via Web GUI

Everything works as expected ... well, being Time Warner/Spectrum I didn't
actually expect it to work as expected but so far it has ... I've been
using it for about 2 years now without any issues with the networking or
the phone line.

Mike

On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 12:23 PM Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Oct 2020, John Franklin wrote:
>
> >>> Spectrum-supplied box for telephone
> >>
> >> what sort of box is this? It seems most of the modems don't come with
> >> phone, so I might have to get some sort of outboard device. I've found
> an
> >> ATA (analog to something adapter) which is ethernet on one side and
> RJ-11
> >> on the other and behaves like a message machine, but I haven't heard of
> >> your device.
> >>
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for the extensive write up here.
>
> > ATA = Analog Telephone Adapter, and there are two kinds, depending on
> which
> > way it's converting.
>
> I didn't realise there were people doing VoIP over POTS
>
> > A FXS (Foreign eXchange Subscriber) port allows you to use an analog
> > telephone on a VoIP network.  If you order phone service from your ISP,
> > they'll give you a cable modem with an FXS port on it, so you can use
> > your old landline phone with their VoIP service.
>
> that'swhat I was expecting.
>
> > An FXO (Foreign eXchange Office) port goes the other way.  If you have
> > an office full of VoIP phones, but your phone service is a POTS line
> > (Plain Old Telephone Service.  No, really.), you'd plug the FXO to the
> > POTS line, and the digital VoIP phones could talk to it for inbound and
> > outbound calls. (More likely, an Asterisk server would manage all the
> > local VoIP phones, and route inbound/outbound calls to/from the FXO.)
>
> Don't need Asterisk here. I considered it a while ago, but it was way
> beyond what I needed.
>
> > Regardless, just having the adapter doesn't let you make phone calls.
> You
> > need to have a service behind it to connect to the worldwide phone
> network.
> > There are a number of them out there, ranging from plug-and-forget
> (Vonage,
> > MagicJack, Ooma) to low-level-you'd-better-know-the-SIP-protocol
> services
> > (Skyetel, Vitelity, Nexmo).  The NerdVittles.com blog is a great place
> to
> > read up on the latter and their support for Asterisk or PBX-in-a-Flash,
> an
> > Asterisk-based PBX package that's has a nicer interface.  Asterisk is
> all
> > command-line, no web interface or GUI.
> >
> > The low-level ones tend to pay-as-you-go services, and charge
> $1-$2/month to
> > have a phone number, and about a penny a minute for voice time.  The
> > plug-and-forget give you one phone number, unlimited usage, and charge
> about
> > $25-$60/month for the privilege.
>
> thanks. I've had recommendations for Ooma and CallCentric so far (neither
> of which I would have known about otherwise). It seems everyone is happy
> with their voice provider, but no-one is happy with their internet
> provider.
>
> > I've been using Vitelity for years and have to top-up my accounts (one
> > business, one personal) with another $20 every few months.  Sadly, VoIP
> > services are fraud magnets, and Vitelity isn't offering new accounts
> anymore
> > since Voyant bought them.  Voyant's not bad, but Vitelity was so much
> easier
> > to use.
>
> thanks
>
> Joe
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