Ooma Linx Wireless Phone Jack works ONLY with Telo and Office VoIP phone systems. Connect phones or fax machines wirelessly

I wanted to set up a fax machine on my ooma teleo box and use the additional telephone number that ooma gives you. I don't actually publish the number as my fax machine but it's nice to be able to connect my fax machine and be able to send a fax to those who still insist on using them. My fax is built into my printer so I might as well use it and this phone jack works well with the ooma box to make that easy to set up.

For the most part it's what I expected . Except for a few things . When someone calls the ooma directly the caller id is normal . But, when someone calls my google voice it only shows the name without the number showing . This can be an issue in many ways . If you just want to redial the number that called with a single button press ? You can't . No such issue if a phone is directly connected to the ooma box itself through a phone wire . So if you have another phone connected ? You can still know the caller id . And also a cell phone . Every once in a while it doesn't give a dial tone right away . But, this is usually fixed by unplugging the linx , then replugging it back in and letting the lights go from amber to all blue . It's not everything I thought I was getting with the device . But, the google voice menu can be that way where you have to hand dial the number you're calling , if you're not doing it from an app ? You can make it a separate line . But, even if you don't . When you pick up a phone on the linx , and another connected directly to the box ? You can't hear the same line . So the good part is , you can be on two separate calls at the same time . The con is because they are separate . It's going to make it impossible to click in on another phone ,then hang the other one up .If you call the phone number on the ooma website ? And talk to a sales representative ? They'll rent you the box for an extra $5.00 a month and send you the box for free . Bare in mind that , the caller id only acted weird with a Google voice call . With a call to the ooma number it was fine . Maybe it lost signal in certain places every once in a while . And ooma is sending me a linx for free ! This company is unbelievable ! You get five stars from me . Not counting the fact that the landline company leaves you with a non-stop barrage of harrassing calls each day ,and no way to block them . There are people that can't have a phone plugged in so that the ringing will stop. Held hostage by a phone company they're paying a lot of money to . This review still had 4 stars regardless .Update:12-28-018 I haven't had a bad experience with ooma or anything but, after listening to questions asked here from an extra extension to other things, I have to be honest .Ooma sells that you can have a $5.00 phone bill . You can skip premium if you are willing to have no way to block harrassing calls . If you need to block them ? At that point it's not a $5.00 bill , It's now a $21.00 one. Not bad except for the fact that voip providers like phonepower provide a soft phone where you can make calls on a computer and also use a softphone to do things like record the call for which cridentials are provided . This for $24.95 . Voip.ms and other voip providers can also provide a free number as a calling or texting and also a fax that is switched to email and also use an app to call from a computer. Once a $40.00 obihai is purchased , you can use the service like a home phone, or just use your cell and can have extensions and even a professional call que and hold music and also text with your number . Even though voip.ms costs $5.00 for your number a month and $15.00 in credits to pay for calls ,They go down at such a snails pace it winds up costing the same as ooma premier or phonepower . Even though ooma allows you to purchase the lynx for things like an alarm, fax,or extra number , if you don't need these things ? You need to weigh you're options . Especially since providers like voip.ms (example) can facilitate extensions and these things for free. Not just free unlike ooma , your extension for your business can be in a different country while your bill remain the same cost as ooma premiere while ooma office costs $10.00 per extension . Possibly a $50.00 bill at the end of this . While ooma requires ooma office be purchased and more lynx's . And the lynx has to be reconnected constantly , not reliable considering after ooma office is purchased , you're bill may be $50.00 a month because you require extensions for a business .In short , weigh your options because there are alot , and they don't cost alot . And the cheapest only require you use your own brain . Ooma years into existing wants to dictate to you that you don't have the right to record a phone call and you're locked into their software and hardware so you can't . And ooma lynx just randomly loses connection . You notice it when you do then have to reconnect it to the box . So if you're not even relying on it for a phone call , something like an alarm system ? You'll be dead already . Literally any other voip provider has more goodies that are actually going to matter . And for the same price .

All the good stuff that people have said about the Ooma Linx is true. No need to repeat it all - however we must add that we heartily concur. That said, there are a few features that could stand improvement, or at least tweaking. The most prominent of these is the LED lighting on the unit. Of course it is absolutely necessary, and serves many important purposes. That said, the LED bulb(s) are simply too bright. As in they could be decreased by a bazilliondy-five candlepower, and still do what they have been designed for. As in, these lights could be used to line the runways at JFK to guide the jets in safely. As in.. oh, never mind. You get the idea. Mind you, this is not always a problem - but when used in a bedroom setting.. the entire room is bathed in an eerie, other-worldly, rather harsh blue glow. This is not akin to the soothing glow of a nightlight - but instead is much more similar to the emergency floodlights that automatically switch on in some public buildings when the primary source of electricity is interrupted. Yes, of course this issue could be resolved with a well-placed piece of electrical tape - but you shouldn't have to make such "fixes" to an item such as this - right out-of-the-box. Ooma would do well to consider incorporating a simple on-off switch to temporarily disable the indicator lights (not the unit itself), when necessary. This unit works incredibly well, but this is not (nor do Ooma claim it to be) groundbreaking or unique technology. As a matter of fact, it is very similar to the Wireless Phone Jack System, which was introduced in the early 1990s by General Electric (if memory serves). If you place this unit anywhere near a radio receiver, be prepared to sacrifice approximately the entire lower half of your AM band (due to interference from the Linx). That doesn't need to be inescapably bad news, however. We simply relocated the Linx to a nearby guest bedroom, and used a cordless phone connection.. keeping the handset in our bedroom, where we originally needed and installed the entire unit (with a corded telephone). Problem solved. Another interesting "feature", though not a bad one - is that we noticed the "protocol" of an incoming call to Ooma... and it's kind of fun. The phones attached to the system do not all ring in unison. They play follow the leader, as they progress from the wired connection to the DSL Modem (plugged directly into the Telo) - then to the Model HD2 Ooma handset (satellite) - and finally on to the cordless phone upstairs (referred to, preceding) connected to the Linx. 3 distinct rings, one after the other. Of course, this has no bearing on the function of the entire set-up, but it is a bit of a tickle to listen to (especially when the phones are placed far apart, and on different levels of the house (as are ours)). Basically a really good purchase. No disappointments or problems.

Ooma just rocks. I dropped two AT&T U verse lines for Ooma, saving around $40/mo, and never looked back. My equipment payback was 10 weeks. My monthly savings were pure gravy after that. Perfect sound quality. Great support. The Ooma base unit is called Telo. Ooma also sells proprietary handsets, but these are not required if you have existing equipment. Ooma works seamlessly with my Panasonic KX-TG6841 Dect 6 5-handset wireless phone set and many others no doubt. Messages can be answered via your handset, using answering machine like keys on the Ooma base unit, or via dial in from your mobile or any other phone. Ooma also has an option to capture voice messages to text and forward them to your Email account. I love this feature. You get 2 VOIP lines included in your Ooma purchase. They can be configured as two voice lines or one voice and one fax line. If you want to use one of your Ooma lines as a Fax line you will need to add an Ooma Lynx unit, which provides wireless access to an integrated teleco jack. Just plug Lynx into a socket near your fax machine, plug your fax line into the Lynx teleco port, configure the setup and you are good to go. You can port your existing number(s) over to your Lynx account. Ooma support makes the process simple and painless. Call blocking is a forte for Ooma. Multiple methodologies can be combined to deliver a blocking experience tailored to your requirements. The first option filters calls against a national data base of known telemarketing numbers. Second, Ooma supports a subscriber data base of reported spammers. Third, users can opt into the venerable NoMoRoBo service. Finally, you can maintain a personal screening list, excluding either specific phone numbers or selected area codes. You can also maintain a personal white list which will defeat any call blocking exclusions you may have a problem with. Call logging is comprehensive, listing all incoming and outgoing calls by phone number (and caller ID if available). This is very useful for telesupport providers like myself who need to track time in the phone with clients for billing and/or performance tracking. I could go on, but I will mention a few missing features and other issues you should be aware of: First, Ooma comes in two flavors - a personal package and a business package. The business package lacks the robust call blocking options available with the personal package (what's with that?). However, the business package includes an automated attendant capability which is not available in the personal package. You need to compare capabilities on business vs personal before you purchase Ooma and decide which is more suitable for you, since they are completely separate and non-interchangeable from both a hardware and a software standpoint. Ooma personal does not have a soft interface, That is, it runs on the Telo unit and the Ooma servers, and not on your computer. While you can maintain settings, contacts and preferences as will as view your logs and other functions on your desktop, you are doing so on the Ooma web page, not on your local desktop. You can't make or accept phone calls from your desktop, only through your Telo-attached phone device. Overall, Ooma is one of my smartest electronics purchases in 2015. If you need a landline type capability (albeit using VOIP technology), you owe it to yourself to take Ooma for a ride.

I have my fax machine a bit far from my telco, and sadly my telco isn't close enough to a wall jack to power the home. I just needed something so I wouldn't have to marry my all in one to my telco every time I wanted to fax. Enter Lynx, plug it in, sync and it just works. No delay getting dial tone. Recommended if you're in my situation.

I bought the Linx to connect my fax component of my new HP MFP M477fdw All-In-One printer (which I also bought from Amazon). The printer rocks - even more given the price I caught on a new item from a warehouse deal. After having the old All-In-One for years and never connecting the fax - I was bound and determined to connect the fax on this bad boy. All I needed was a phone jack where one did not exist - and the Linx was my Ooma accessory that was going to solve the problem. It did - perfectly - I got a phone jack where I needed it - and the joy stopped there. If all you need is a phone jack to connect a phone, this is a 5-star device. Installation took seconds...literally. And it worked flawlessly for the phone. However, I bought this device to connect my Fax machine - and that's why I am giving this a 1-star review. Printed right on the packaging it says: Ideal for home offices and fax machines. Long story short - ANALOG Fax and DIGITAL VOIP don't mix. Let me hopefully help someone along with the struggles of making a fax machine work in the digital environment we have evolved into. First, dialing prefix *99 (with a comma to pause) remedy all the problems on the outbound side of the fax (I will let you google search why). Incoming was another story. Of the 30+ incoming attempts, only one fax was every actually received, and half of the content was missing at that. Ooma tech support first said the fax must be connected directly to the base. I asked why then does the Linx have printed on the box that it is Ideal for home offices and fax machines. Their response was then - well, a second line dedicated to the fax, (available via the Priemere service at a cost of over $100/year) is required so that I can use the phone and fax at the same time. And my response back....Slow down Tonto - no one is trying to send a fax and use the phone at the same time. The rep then went on to explain that I needed the second line so that I could have a different ring tone for the fax. Huh? Clearly I said that out loud becaus ethe rep went right into the next exuse that I had to connect the fax directly the Ooma base in order to receive a fax! The circular conversation was officially underway, and I was requesting to speak to someone in America who might actually know what they are taling about. That did not happen (getting someon ein America), but I did get an advanced tech guy on the phone who knew more than the script provided. My short story is getting long! The advanced tech support guy actually reviewed all my fax setting with me, and as it turns out, I can read and follow directions. No problems with my configuration - anywhere. I found myself again compelled to again ask why I cannot get an incoming fax to work. Is it the Linx, or is it Ooma? Well, it's not either... its VOIP in general. And that's when I learned that even Ooma publishes on their knowledge base information - if you need a reliable fax, keep the dedicated analog phone line just for that. So my fancy new All-In-One printer will be like the old device....a three-quarters-In-One.!!!! And the Ooma is being returned to Amazon as it is clear that the item does not work as advertised. Remember - the packaging has printed right on it: Ideal for home offices and fax machines. No - its not. I love Ooma for the value. Its VOIP, and a fax machine is not. The Linx works to create a wireless phoen jack, and does that much quite well - Ideal for a Fax Machine is a stretch, to put it kindly.

From the description and online information, this sounds easy to set up. It isn't. I've spent HOURS over several days trying to pair it with the Telo base unit. I followed the instructions carefully. It did not pair. The light on the device never flashed any color but red. I repeated the steps. Still no success. I resorted to asking Google which gave a few troubleshooting suggestions, none of which worked. I framed my question in different ways and found other suggestions. Still blinking red. This morning I tried the very last one. I unplugged the power on the base unit for 30 seconds. Then I reconnected it and did the pairing procedure and this time it worked. If you have the same problem, try that first. I was feeling lucky so I figured I could now set up the first of the two extension phones we need in our sort of sprawling house. Plugged the Linx into a power strip by the kitchen phone and used a phone cord to attach the Linx to the phone's base. Voila! The phone worked. When I unplugged it to move on to the next phone, it stopped working. Unless Google can troubleshoot this problem, I'll have to buy a second Linx and go through the whole setup procedure a second time. I foresee many more hours of work on this project. But I really need that second extension as that's where I do my work. I was tempted to give it only one star because of the inadequate/misleading/sometimes incorrect instructions but the system seems to work well otherwise...so far. Update: after researching about setting up the second extension, I learned that although Linx makes it sound as if you can set up more than one extension, you have to buy a higher-priced service, like Premier, or alternatively buy a second Linx (almost certainly far cheaper than switching to a more expensive plan). I'd bump my star rating down to two but Amazon won't let me.

As a current user of multiple Ooma Telos, and multiple Linx units, I'm very satisfied with the Linx performance. For years, I've been forced to keep a traditional land-line available for use with a fax machine. Ooma Linx is a game changer for me with that respect. More on that in my review. First things First - A Linx REQUIRES that you purchase an Ooma Telo and use the Ooma Phone Service. The Linx ties to the Telo,and uses the phone service from Ooma. Because it's wireless, you don't need to run phone lines everywhere. Because it's digital-wireless, you get very good noiseless audio from the system. The Like the Ooma, the Linx has a phone jack which allows you to use traditional land-line type phones with it. These items can be answering machines, fax machines, corded phones, wireless phones, caller ID boxes, and possibly (although I have not tested this) devices like DirectTV boxes or TiVo boxes. In a nutshell, the Linx provides a remote wireless phone jack for your Ooma system. Pros: 1. Wireless. Linx lets you have a phone jack virtually anywhere in your house without running cables. 2. Digital. the wireless communication between the Linx and the Telo is digital, meaning less noise, better range, better security. 3. Encrypted. While some equipment may be "digital", not all equipment is encrypted. Linx uses DECT6.0 encryption. This means nobody can snoop or listen in on any of your calls. 4. Status light on unit. If it's glowing blue, you are good to go, if not, you can determine what's up by the color. 5. Fax machines WORK with Linx. There is a configuration - but they work great! 6. Existing traditional phone equipment works with the Linx. 7. VERY flexible configurations. I could go on and on about what Oomas benefits are but this is a review for the Linx! Cons. 1. If you lose power,you lose your phone line. Ooma & Linx (and your internet as well) require power unlike traditional phone lines. I recommend connecting your internet equipment & ooma to a UPS (uninterruptable power supply). 2. In the pros, I list that a fax machine will work, and that is absolutely true. However, like modems, fax transmissions have evolved to take advantage of better phone lines and can now utilize faster phone line connection speeds than older fax machines could. When using a VoIP service such as Ooma or Vonage, you will not be able to use your fax machine at the fastest possible settings. It's not a bad thing but it is something I should mention. I have had zero issues sending and receiving faxes using a newer type fax machine with Ooma, Just remember this if you are expecting the absolute highest speed from your fax. (If you want/need that, then stick with a traditional land-line - or use a service) In a nutshell, I recommend the Ooma, the Linx, and the service for anyone who wants reliable, inexpensive, and flexible phone service without a traditional land line.

Works great with Ooma Telo II! Simply Plug it in in wall outlet near base Press registration button for 3 seconds Ooma will tall "Registration mode is activated" Then will tell registration is complete and one LED will turn blue second LED will blink orange or red for a while (do not unplug it until both LEDS are blue.. Simple and easy as it can be. Check that both devices have dial tone.. if one does not or both at the same time (if you have Premier Subscription you will have 2 phone numbers - I use one as Main which I ported from Vonage and one as fax number. Reboot base station it should work On fax machine Turn off ECM mode and decrease bound rate to lowest possible (on my fax machine it was 0) Switch to Auto-answer Test your fax for sending and receiving by faxing Print test page to HP fax testing number 1-888-473-2963 You should receive fax back in a few minutes and receive fax back from HP. I have no idea why so many people complaining that it doesn't work when it does. You get free fax features for 9.99 a months.. other VOIP companies charge from 12.95 to 29,99 months.. Why you guys complain so much when in reality you should say thank you

No need to read any directions, it just worked right away. I rarely use a fax any more, so I put the fax on the same line as my home office line. Now, I have my fax working with a dedicated office line. I was using Rogers One Number and a bluetooth headset, but that was a real hassle. I now have a real phone to answer, I have a phone hooked into the back of the fax, as well as an Ooma HD2 handset on the same line. I also get unlimited North American calling because I am on the premier subscription. I was a little hesitant reading some of the other negative reviews, but this works flawlessly and solved my problems. Very happy and would highly recommend.

I purchased an Ooma Telo at my local FutureShop. It worked well enough that I decided to try 2 Linx extenders for the others phones in my place. I followed the setup procedure but initially neither Linx would connect. Then I unplugged them, tried connecting again and they worked. Strange ... Once connected with the base unit I was able to plug them in where I wanted to and everything worked as advertised. I admit I was hesitant to buy these because the reviews here on amazon.ca are pretty negative, but in my case they work well. Sound quality is clear and I am able to use my phones as I expect. The only mild oddity is that the phone plugged in to the base Telo unit rings first, then the other phones ring. That's clearly not a show-stopper but it's a little wierd. I guess the wireless connection just takes a moment to catch up. One nice thing with the Linx is that you can plug a phone in where you have an electrical outlet so you're no longer limited to plugging in phones to phone outlets or requiring phone wires snaking along the floor.

Great product. Very easy to install and works mostly flawlessly. Had one minor situation where it froze but was easily restored by contacting customer support. Enables you to connect a phone away from the main Ooma Telo unit (I have a Panasonic phone with 4 extension phones and they all work well).

Remember to press the button on the back of your main unit to engage this remote unit Worked within seconds after pressing the button Very good clarity on the phone added