[ale] Vonage?

[miguel]

hi james...

i am thinking of getting vonage also...so from what you are saying i
cant have this setup:

vonage box <--->ipcop box <---->netgear router <--->dsl modem

i need a hub between the router and the modem...?

regards
-miguel

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 11:08, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> The Vonage box goes on the ethernet line *before* that NAT/firewall
> device. One model of the gizmos has the ethernet line to plug the NAT
> box into. The other does not so use  10Base-T hub to share the line with
> the Vonage box and the NAT box.
> 
> I ran into a headache with doing the "boot Bellsouth" thing. My alarm
> system requires a dialtone line for it's back-channel communications to
> the CO. Grr.
> 
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 10:53, Chris Woodfield wrote:
> > 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
> > 
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