Routing in PC

attman · 11 Sep 2007 at 12:02

is it possible to route a cabled phone thru the ethernet port on my laptop thru my wirless connection to the internet?

thanks guys......

Daegan · 11 Sep 2007 at 12:06

Simply put, no.

What exactly are you trying to do, make calls over the internet?

attman · 11 Sep 2007 at 12:23

I have a VoIP phone that I wanted to plug into my laptop as I sit on my sofa rather than having and ethernet cable trailing over the lounge floor.

Not even with router software in the PC you think?

Daegan · 11 Sep 2007 at 12:53

Sorry you didn't say it was an IP phone. Internet Connection Sharing should allow you to share the internet connection with devices connected to your laptop via the ethernet adaptor, how you go about setting it up depends on what OS you use. No idea whether it's suitable for VoIP.

tolien · 11 Sep 2007 at 12:55

You wouldn't need to use ICS - just bridge the wired and wireless interfaces, and you're done.