The Vigor 2862 Vac features the same
Specification as the standard Vigor 2862 series router models, with the addition of two phone ports for Vo IP services. Standard Analogue telephone handsets or DECT phone handsets can be connected to the Phone 1/2 ports & each of the phones can then be used to make & receive calls using Vo IP services (over the Internet) as opposed to using your traditional landline. The two phone ports are independent so you can make two calls at once. Vo IP calls are typically much lower cost that fixed-line calls, or if youre calling another Vo IP user (who is also using the same Vo IP provider, or SIP compatible) the calls are free. There are many SIP Vo IP providers who can provide pay-as-you-go or monthly calling plans, such as Dray TEL. You can also have your Vo IP accounts registered in more than one location so that the phone rings at home or work. An analogue phone line (your landline) can be connected so that the connected phones can also make use of your landline in addition to Vo IP calls. In the event of a power cut (when your broadband & router may be offline), the phones will fall back to the land line. A 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch on the LAN side provides high speed connectivity for your server, other local PCs or for uplink to a larger Ethernet switch. Port 5 is switchable with WAN2 to use it as an Ethernet WAN port instead of a LAN port.