Vonage Adapter Plugged into NIC?

[xxxInfidelxxx]

I relocated my office from the 4th floor (townhouse) to the basement. I am using Verizon FIOS and their HUGE router all the way upstairs wired into the wall with CAT-5.

I've been using my laptop with an Intel wireless for about 6 months and works fine. I haven't used the PC since I moved-in. Now, however, I am going to get this beast up and running, but just thought of a hitch.

Currently, the Vonage PAP is plugged into the router (top floor) and connected to my Uniden base station. I bought a wireless card for the PC and it has aboout a 55% signal, so I was thinking I could get a boost by relocating the FIOS router to the garage where the Verizon unit is mounted. But I would have to keep my base station in the garage plugged into the router.

I was thinking--could I plug the Vonage PAP into the NIC card in my PC, even if the PC is now connected to the Internet via. the wireless card? I was thinking the PAP needs an IP, so not sure how this would work...

Does any of this make sense? 🙂

 

[Zolty]

You need a bridge running on your pc to facilitate the connection between the wireless and the wired. The easiest way to do this is to run the network setup wizard in windows xp and indicate that the computer connects directly to the internet and can accept other connections.

I don't recomend this solution unless you never ever turn off your pc and it is rock solid, if you loose power on the pc you loose your phone which sucks. You should be able to wire the vonage into the phone copper pair which probably comes in via the basement.