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We have a Panasonic KX-TA824 with KX-T7736 sets.

We'd like to move a station to an off-premise location for an employee who will work from home (served by the same CO.)

The telco offers an OPX (or VG32) circuit, but its specifications make me doubt that it would actually allow the remotely-located 7726 set to work like it does in the office (line/station appearances, intercom, etc.)

Would it be possible to accomplish this using an IP solution, like MultiTech IP gateways at both locations? We'd consider changing the PBX, but it seems that all the "VoIP" solutions touted by the manufacturers refer to the line side, not the station side. Hosted-PBX might work, but we're concerned about both the operational reliability and the stability of companies offering the service. (Plus I don't know if we can port our existing numbers over to a hosted provider.)

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Sally.

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Depending on what the telco can offer, the OPX of a single line set as an extension could be possible. This would allow you to be a intercom station, use the VM (if available) have calls transferred, etc., anything you could do if you were a single line station on site.

Without some type of a carrier system a KXT 7736 cannot work (I am not familiar with the type circuit you mentioned from the telco).

As far as VoIP, if you have a vacant CO port, use it with a gateway.

Hopefully I have not led you astray --- perhaps you might post in the ViOP or Networking forums for better advise on those areas.

Good luck, and I hope you enjoy the forum.

Thanks! Will do.

Multi Tech works great with Panasonic.
We set them up on single line ports for remote users. Just get a std 1,2 or 3 line phone at remote location and send slt ports from PBX to them.
No VPN required (usually) Multi Tech's Net Coder
works fine in most cases.
Remote user can make calls (subject to any toll restriction you wish to impose), transfer calls,
make pages, send and receive voice mail and most other features.