Re: Vonage newbie question

You may have other reasons to want to plug the Vonage box into a
firewall, but I have my Motorola unit plugged into the cable modem
directly, then my router (SMC 2802) plugged into the Vonage box.  My VPN
client still works fine from all of the machines hooked to the router.
I don't think the router I have supports QoS directly, and I am trying
to get by with it until the 802.11n equipment comes out next year.

Jim 

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Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Vonage newbie question

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Mark Villa wrote:
> I am thinking of getting Vonage.
> Questions:
> 1) Is the reason they have two vonage lines in case you need two phone

> numbers?  or can both lines be used with 1 phone number?

No, you can have two phone numbers on a single Vonage line ... I think
you can have unlimited phone numbers on a Vonage line ... even in
different area codes.

> 2) Do you just plug in your J11 cable to the nearest empty phone 
> outlout and go, or is their more to it?

As long as that line has no other phone line on it ... yes ... which is
pretty much what I did.  The polarity will be reversed on that line ...
so you might want to twiddle with the wires a bit, but it hasn't caused
me any problems.

> 3) I will have to plug my vonage into a firebox, not the actual cable 
> modem. I don't want to interfere with my VPN. My thought is "Vonage 
> should not care", is this true?  I am expecting to have to open a 
> couple of ports.

Pretty much, yes.  You probably want to enable QOS on your router so you
can give the Vonage port higher priority.

> 3) did you choose your router and why?

Linksys WRT54G ... because it is a wired & wireless router, is hackable
(based on Linux), and has QOS.

> Sounds easy and the deal is sweet. 14.95 if you can stay to 500
minutes.

Yep ... that's the deal I got.

If you want a referral, let me know and I'll be happy to send you one.

david
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