Thinking About Getting Service in Vonage http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20963880 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:24:39 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:24:39 EDT Re: Thinking About Getting Service http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030841 mahermusic :
said by Urrrgh :

Vonage charges for device if cancel within 1 yr and there is a disconnection fee for $40 if within 2 yr. I will never go with vonage again and strongly discourage others to, too.
Been with Vonage for 5+ years now. BEST phone service I've ever had, and encouraged 9 referrals within that period, too... all of whom love saving $$$. Sorry it didn't work out for you.
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said by baileysl See Profile :

With port do I have to plug into so that the DHCP fuctions does not manner?
Normally, with any device that acts as a router, there ports will be labeled in some fashion - sometimes something like LAN and Internet. You'd probably only want to plug into the "Internet" side (and your phones into the phone jack(s)).
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said by Mediocrates See Profile :

B) No, you don't have to. If it's behind your router you don't care about its DHCP functions, it will never hand out an address or rout anything.
Depends on which port you plug in...
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B) No, you don't have to. If it's behind your router you don't care about its DHCP functions, it will never hand out an address or rout anything.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21015765 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:55:16 EDT Re: Thinking About Getting Service http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21015395 baileysl : I'm looking to get Vonage and I have one question: Can you access the setup page thru you computer when the TA is behind the router? I would need to disable DHCP and other rounting fuctions.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21015395 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:29 EDT Re: Thinking About Getting Service http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20973250 mrcamp : It should work without any problems. I am also in a 3 floor house. My wireless modem comes into the house via the basement. That's also where my router is. So, I just plugged the vonage router (v-portal)into one of the ports on my router and plugged one end of phone cord into the v-portal the other end into one of the phone jacks in the basement. That automatically supplied connection to all the phone jacks in the house. Even sending and receiving fax works without adjusting anything.
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Your other questions.

A V-Portal works 100% behind a router w/o opening any ports or port forwarding or port triggering or placing the TA in a DMZ. Moreover I do not think I have a static IP address assigned to it either. If I remember correctly it's DHCP which is how the V-Portal starts up on its own.

Caller ID works on the TA, and if your phone handset supports it, on the phone handset or base station as well. At least my GE phones do.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20966396 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:57:42 EDT Re: Thinking About Getting Service http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20964195 nixen :
said by priller See Profile :

All connections are initiated by the Vonage ATA. Therefore, you shouldn't have to specifically open any ... it's just return traffic. Vonage SIP registration is every 30 seconds, that will keep the connection open.

I have an enterprise class Cisco ASA firewall and it's plug-and-play. No unique configuration for Vonage.

But, FWIW, Vonage will use UDP 10000 - 20000. Before some says it, Vonage does not run SIP on 5060!
Cool. Thanks for the info!
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I have an enterprise class Cisco ASA firewall and it's plug-and-play. No unique configuration for Vonage.

But, FWIW, Vonage will use UDP 10000 - 20000. Before some says it, Vonage does not run SIP on 5060!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20964063 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:07:19 EDT Re: Thinking About Getting Service http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20964047 nixen : Guess I'd also need to dig through the documentation to find out what ports have to be opened in the firewall to allow the ATA to work. ;)
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The easiest way is to use a multi-station wireless phone system with the Vonage ATA.

Yes, CID will be displayed on the phones.

Yes, it will work behind your firewall/router.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20963938 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:30:26 EDT Re: Thinking About Getting Service http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20963915 Popster27 : Hi nixen!

I've had Vonage about three months. Your questions are like the ones I asked before signing up.

For me, Vonage works fine behind my router but caused trouble when installed between the modem and the router. Using one of the ethernet ports on your WiFI access port should work. While I have not tried it, you are supposed to be able to connect the Vonage box to your house phone lines so you can continue to use your hard-wired phones. (My phones are wireless, so the base station is plugged into the Vonage box). You have to disconnect your house phone wires from the world to do this.

Caller ID works on all my phones. They even show when Vonage has a voicemail.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20963915 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:25:42 EDT Thinking About Getting Service http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20963880 nixen : I'm thinking about getting Vonage service, but I'm concerned that I wouldn't actually be able to use it.

I live in a three floor home. My broadband comes into my house in my basement. That's where my MODEM, my firewall and my primary Ethernet switch is. I have one Ethernet run up to the main floor that feeds a WiFi access point (an 802.11g access point with 5 Ethernet ports).

I have a standard phone in my kitchen and living room on the main floor of the house and phones in each of the bedrooms on the top floor of the house. I need to be able to provide service to those four phones (or, at least, be able to provide phone service to those four areas).

Any ideas how I would do this?

Also, given that I already have a firewall device, would I be able to run the Vonage adapter behind it? It seems the Vonage site assumes that the Vonage adapter runs as your router.

As a side note: is the Vonage adapter the only device that's capable of the Caller-ID functions, or would any normal phone device behind it/plugged into it also be able to extract Caller-ID information?
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