RJ11 Headset on PC

[Deleted member 169154]

So, at work we get free (and nice) VOIP RJ11 headsets for use at the desk (they plug into the bottom of the phones), and for our personal IP phones on our laptops we get these ugly (and very hard to fit in a laptop bag neatly) headsets.

I, naturally, am trying to figure out a way to use the VOIP headset with my laptop instead of the clunky one. There are two potential ways to do this, but I am not sure either is possible:

1) Is it possible to plug this into my 56k modem on my PC and reroute all input/output sound through that jack?

2) Is there an adapter to split a RJ11 into a 3.5mm input and 3.5mm output so I can use it like a normal headset?

 

[matrix563]

hmmm i dunno but i'm gonna keep this thread to find out. anyone?

 

[Drakan290]

The headset seems to work as a direct phone portal, meaning it probably has some sort of 'modem' build into it..
I figure you probably can't plug it into the 56k port..

 

[dr.sandman]

1) Is it possible to plug this into my 56k modem on my PC and reroute all input/output sound through that jack?

NO

Go to your local HomeDepot/Lowes and buy a female RJ11 port. Sacrifice an old set of headphones and take them to your IT department guru. He will have the tools to splice the old headphones and attach them to the new port. Get some heat-shrink cable wrap to make your adapter look a little better.