Linx Hook up Issue - with wall line

[mendobob]

I have two phone cables emerging from the linx with a line splitter. One is connected to a nearby telephone and it works fine. The other cable plugs into the the home phone wall lines - I can get a dial tone and call out through that phone - but this phone will not ring when a call comes through (I can talk to the caller).

Any ideas on how to get it to ring when called?

[murphy]

Is it an old phone with real bells? The Linx doesn't provide enough current to drive those bells. Try a modern phone with an electronic ringer.

Has the wall line been disconnected from the old landline provider? If not, the Linx is trying to drive up to 5 miles of wire that may still be connected to the landline provider. Fix this immediately before it destroys the Linx.

[mendobob]

Thanks for the reply Murphy - House line is disconnected to outside world and the phone that is hooked up to the in house line is an uniden electric handset. Issue may be the house line is rather far - out to greenhouse - 100 yards +-

[mendobob]

I do Have internet at the greenhouse via netgear. A wifi router is hooked up to it. Can I hook up another Ooma device out there?

Another Linx or Telo? ??

[murphy]

You could put another Telo out there but it would be a different number and account.
The Linx connects to the Telo via Bluetooth. 100 yards is way beyond the maximum range for Bluetooth.
Can you run the phone line directly to the greenhouse without also being connected to the rest of the unused wires in the house? Is the line to the greenhouse direct buried in the ground? If so there may be damage to outer insulation that allowed water to flood the line. Hopefully the run was done with direct burial rated cable.

An interesting experiment would be to switch the locations of the phones to see if the one that rings in the house also rings in the greenhouse. Have you verified that the one in the greenhouse doesn't have its ringer turned off?