Can the Linksys DSL/VoIP Router Work in Europe?

m_e_henry asks: "Linksys and Net2Phone have recently introduced a product that is a 4 port DSL router which also has an RJ-11 (phone) jack. You plug an ordinary phone into this box and it routes outgoing phone traffic over the Net2Phone IP network. Very cool. It is an easy way to use Net2Phone's service in a way that is very familiar. Unfortunately for those in Europe, there are currently no plans to release this product here. So my question is if anybody knows a way to make it look like I am in the US, even though I am in Europe. Can I set up some sort of VPN connection with the States so that the Linksys router thinks that I am on a machine in the US? Is there an easier way? I have not been able to find a consumer-oriented product similar to the Linksys/Net2Phone offering but available in Europe." Any clues as to what limits this device from working in Europe and if it's possible to work around such limitations until such a product is offered in these markets?

Comments

Voltages.

[EasyTarget]

Not a big issue, most linksys/netgear/whoever addons these days use a seperate power supply, so you can simply find one thyat is appropriate (I love it when manuals tell you never to use any other power supply, 12vDC is 12vDC right.. sheesh, safety Nazi's to blame I think).

But last couple of products I brought while visiting US came with uiniversal power adaptors anyway, just needed a cheap converter plug and was off and going. Seems that cost of these universal adaptors is now so low that it is cheaper to use them then have two separate specifications for Europe/US.

Did once get caught out with a CD player that, even after I re-linked the PSU (had links on PCB to different transformer taps for 110/240) blew up (big smelly smoke). Turned out that the PSU was also frequency sensitive (60Hz vs 50Hz) and I should have replaced the capacitors too.

EZ