[xvqgdr6]

As usual, I'm in a last minute rush for Christmas and I need a suggestion. I'm wanting to buy my dad an IP phone, but he has a dial-up internet connection. I either need to get an adapter which will dial his internet provider or, preferably, buy him a phone which will dial the internet connection, itself. I've found almost nothing on the internet and what I have found doesn't look great.

I need suggestions. I have a Linksys 3102 and was wondering if a 2002, or something like that would work in the adapter category.

Thanks in advance.

[eric]

Dial-up generally doesn't work well for VoIP. Either their isn't enough bandwidth or their is latency or jitter.

[ctylor]

Beyond that, the only way I can conceive of using a dial-up modem with a network device like an ATA or IP phone is to configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows and plug the phone device into the computer's network port (you might need a 10/100 Switch or the right sort of cable too). I'd really test a phone like X-lite (using GSM or iLBC) or SJPhone (using G723.1) first on his computer with only low-bitrate codecs enabled to see if VOIP even works well-enough for you to talk.

[xvqgdr6]

Oh. That's not good news. But thanks for making me aware before I made a mistake. Thanks.

[NguyenIvan]

Just buy a phone with built-in dialup. For example this ATA (Gate 300) will work:
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