[ale] Vonage?

[Matt Smith]

I've got my Vonage box behind my router.  It works just fine.

And, I've got it tied to my inside wiring (as a second line).
Basically, just wire it in just like where BS hits the inside wiring (or
anywhere else, really).  Depending on your setup, it may be more or less
complicated - but done correctly you could address the alarm system
situation too.


--Matt




-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Woodfield [mailto:rekoil at semihuman.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:54 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Vonage?


OK, now that Speakeasy is offering OneLink, their dialtone-less DSL
service, 
I'm seriously investigating moving from a BS dialtone line to Vonage
(the 
fact that I just found out I can keep my phone number doesn't hurt
either). 
I do have some technical questions, however, and I'm wondering if anyone
has the 
experience to answer these:

- Is the VoIP adapter able to operate with a NAT'ed IP behind an 
Linux iptables firewall using unmodified MASQUERADE rules, or would one
need 
to set up a static NAT entry and port forwarding (or *ugh* a public IP)?

- Instead of connecting the phone jack directly to a phone, can one run
it 
to an existing phone jack and then connect other phones to the inside 
wiring? Would it be necessary to disconnect the pair from the NIU in
order 
to do this?

TIA, 

-Chris