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Well, I wouldn't ask the device to be a firewall or router, just to do it's job: intercept VOIP traffic and pass along everything else. OK, technically that's routing, but you know what I mean. I wouldn't want the gizmo to do anything beyond VOIP processing. Still, I can always start with cablemodem-gizmo-router and switch to cablemodem-router-gizmo later if it proved twitchy. My issue is that my router is less than 100% stable of late and is requiring a power cycle about once a week. I don't want to make my voice line dependent on the router's uptime. (Does anyone make consumer-grade wireless router/firewalls that don't flake out before they're 2 years old? I've heard too many Linksys horror stories and have had devices from SMC, Netgear, and others slowly flake out over time--and after warranty. I don't really care for Dlink or Belkin or the others.) John A. Jones, CISSP Americas Information Security Officer Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782 john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Gibbs Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:10 PM To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users Subject: Re: [PCTECH] VOIP Jones, John (US) wrote: > True. I was kinda wondering why everyone was talking about putting it > behind the router when it's not necessary. Seems like you'd just be > inducing another layer of latency, albeit minimal, into the connection. > Latency is one of VOIP's enemies. Personally, I prefer to have all my network devices behind the firewall for security purposes. Additionally, the voice terminal adapter's job is not to be a router or firewall, so it's capabilities in that respect are going to be fairly weak. Although I never used that particular configuration (voice terminal adapter between dsl modem & router), I've been told that it's a fairly twitchy setup ... prone to frequent failure. david -- This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech. This email is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this email without the author's prior permission. We have taken precautions to minimize the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise you to carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this message. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses. The information contained in this communication may be confidential and may be subject to the attorney-client privilege. If you are the intended recipient and you do not wish to receive similar electronic messages from us in the future then please respond to the sender to this effect.
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