Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY
| [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? I have Vonage and the free wireless Dlink router they gave me last year is dying(I keep having to reset it because it freezes and what not). So, I am looking for a new router. I don't know if I should look for a 802.11N router (not really sure what the difference is). I use wireless internet ocassionally for my laptop and Wii, I use one PC connected directly, all the time. I live in a small apartment in a large building, so it doesn't have to have the best range, but easy security would be great. I also use Utorrent alot. If it does anything special for that great, but if it doesn't that's fine too. I know to just stop downloading when I have to make a call.
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 ogdensburg
join:2006-12-12
Ogdensburg, NY | Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? Linksys WRTP54G for Vonage (yellow package) is the one you need. | |
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY | What is so great about It? Do you have it? I don't need or really want a big range and it has range plus. | |
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edmidor
6th Kyu
join:2008-05-19
Montreal, QC | Get Linksys WRT54GL (the last 'L' is essential), and flash it with Tomato formware. You'll get an excellent QoS router for next to nothing. | |
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no_one
@QWEST.NET | A router with ubicom stream engine for QOS should work very well. Zywall and trendnet make some I know. | |
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY | That linksys router has a great price, but I didn't see anywhere about it having a Vonage connection or being Vonage compatable.
Also, is it hard to set it up with Vonage? What is the process like? | |
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join:2004-09-03
Georgetown, SC
| Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? You are shortchanging yourself if you don't look at the Asus WL-520GU. Great price at zipzoomfly. It uses the latest Broadcom chipset with excellent speed and wireless range.
I use these exclusively for deploying VOIP with a Linksys ATA using Tomato firmware. You have to flash to DD-WRT first, then to Tomato. | |
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edmidor
6th Kyu
join:2008-05-19
Montreal, QC
| said by Truthisone  :That linksys router has a great price, but I didn't see anywhere about it having a Vonage connection or being Vonage compatable. Also, is it hard to set it up with Vonage? What is the process like? Router is essentially an internet splitter. It doesn't care about Vonage or anything else for instance. | |
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY | What's an ATA? | |
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| MartyT
join:2004-09-03
Georgetown, SC | Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? analog telephone adapter, providing an rj11 to rj45 interface, analog to digital converter for regular telephones connecting to a router. Check out SPA-1001, PAP2T-NA. | |
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY
| Ok, I think I'm starting to get it. An ATA is what makes the VOIP possible and I will just connect it with a regular wireless router.(I know that the models you suggested will work best)
Is it hard to setup an ATA to accept Vonage? Do you have an example of what it involves? Will Vonage give me a hard time that I won't be using one of their products? | |
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| MartyT
join:2004-09-03
Georgetown, SC | Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? call them and ask | |
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| Test99
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join:2003-04-24
San Jose, CA
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| said by Truthisone :Is it hard to setup an ATA to accept Vonage? Do you have an example of what it involves? Will Vonage give me a hard time that I won't be using one of their products? As RockyBB already told you in another thread you started, Vonage is not a BYOD (bring-your-own-device) provider. You can't use just any VOIP device and expect it to work with Vonage. You can use your own router with Vonage, but if the router also contains a VOIP device, you can't use that with Vonage.
Some of the posts above make general recommendations about routers. But the real issue here is that you need a VOIP device provided by Vonage. So you need to talk to them about replacing your failing router/ATA. I think there would be less confusion if this thread was moved to the Vonage forum. | |
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY | Test99 you are right, sorry for the mistakes | |
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no_one
@QWEST.NET | I would suggest the ATA from Vonage. Just an adapter for running the VOIP. Then your own router to set up and use how you want. | |
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stevech0
join:2006-09-17
San Diego, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·VoicePulse
| said by Truthisone :I have Vonage and the free wireless Dlink router they gave me last year is dying(I keep having to reset it because it freezes and what not). So, I am looking for a new router. I don't know if I should look for a 802.11N router (not really sure what the difference is). So, what do you think? First - are you sure that the router is faulty if you have done no troubleshooting (fault isolation?). D-Link is, IMO, 3rd tier quality.
If you must get a new w-router, a good choice would be Linksys WRH54G. Low cost. Stable. Good user documents. | |
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY | stevech0- what do you suggest I do for troubleshooting? All Vonage tech support ever tells me is to reboot.
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| stevech0
join:2006-09-17
San Diego, CA
1 edit | Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? well, we can help if you provide a bit more than "it freezes".
IMO, a good value and not useless overkill, for a replacement, is a Linksys WRH54G. | |
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY
| Ok, I will try to be more clear about the problem.
Usually it happens when I'm surfing the web or using Yahoo IM. Suddenly, I won't be able to connect to the internet and Windows give me that icon that says "There is limited or no connectivity" The lights on the router stop blinking (normally they blink). I don't get a dial tone. If I pickup my phone there is just silence.
It hasn't happened in a few days. Hopefully it's a miracle, but I doubt it since I didn't do anything.
According to Vonage, the firmware is automatically updated or I would have tried to do that myself.
I hope this helps, I don't know what else to say because like I said it hasn't happened in a few days. | |
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| stevech0
join:2006-09-17
San Diego, CA | Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? lots of possibilities, none VoIP related. | |
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| mazilo
From Mazilo
Premium
join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA
| said by Truthisone :Usually it happens when I'm surfing the web or using Yahoo IM. Suddenly, I won't be able to connect to the internet and Windows give me that icon that says "There is limited or no connectivity" The lights on the router stop blinking (normally they blink). I don't get a dial tone. If I pickup my phone there is just silence. This sounds like your router needs a factory reset + a firmware re-flash and/or upgrade. I had this problem with my Linksys WRTP54G running firmware v3.1.24. However, after a firmware v3.1.27 upgrade, the problem went away.
According to Vonage, the firmware is automatically updated or I would have tried to do that myself. That's true for a Vonage device.
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| | fareedf
join:2008-01-25
Portland, OR
| Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? said by Mazilo:
This sounds like your router needs a factory reset + a firmware re-flash and/or upgrade. I had this problem with my Linksys WRTP54G running firmware v3.1.24. However, after a firmware v3.1.27 upgrade, the problem went away.
I have exact issue with WRTP54G-NA that was locking up while using all 3 functions router, ATA, and Wi-Fi together, issue caused by using Wi-Fi mainly two other functions can work without any issues. Now the question is where did you get FW v3.1.27? I checked again before my post the last firmware from Linksys that came out couple of years ago was v3.1.24 and no new firmware after it. | |
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From Mazilo
Premium
join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA
1 edit | Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? said by fareedf :Now the question is where did you get FW v3.1.27? I got it from EarthLink site that someone posted the link on this forum a while back. Please use the search button to find out.
EDIT: Here is the link. | |
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join:2008-01-25
Portland, OR | Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? Thanks for the link, after reading it, I think I keep FW v3.1.24 since the 3.1.27 has hiccups. | |
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join:2004-09-03
Georgetown, SC | Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? Mazi, what is your expert opinion on this latest release of software? Can all router, voip and wireless functions work well together with the .27 software? | |
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From Mazilo
Premium
join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA
| Re: [General] I Need a New Wireless VOIP Router, Suggestions? said by MartyT :Mazi, what is your expert opinion on this latest release of software? Can all router, voip and wireless functions work well together with the .27 software? Hi Marty, I had tested two WRTP54G-ER units, configured with WiFi disabled, and they had a (hiccup) problem when running with firmware v3.1.24; however, such a problem went away once I flashed them with firmware v3.1.27. I never tested with WiFi enabled.
A friend who also flashed his WRTP54G-ER with firmware v3.1.27 confirmed that such a hiccup and other problems on his WRTP54G-ER went away. He also found out the other problem(s) were caused by enabling the DNS masquerade (?) option on firmware v3.1.27. He never bothers to flash back his WRTP54G-ER with the old firmware v3.1.24 to confirm the DNS masquerade (?) option problem(s).
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY
| stevech0 - Now you're being vague lol  You said you don't think it is VOIP related, Does that mean you don't think it is a hardware defect either? Would you mind throwing out a few examples of what the problem could be? Just so I could get some idea. If it is too much trouble, I understand. | |
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aandrews66736
| I understand what you are trying to do, you need wireless router so you can use VOIP anywhere in your house, right? Why don't you just have a softphone on your cellphone. That way, you can use VOIP inside your house without getting a new router, and the good thing is when you're not at home you can still use your VOIP phone anywhere you go. Check out with Nomado, they can give you soft phone and I've heard they can now provide VOIP on iphone, they call it iNomado software, for other cellphones just check it on their website. | |
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Truthisone
join:2007-05-02
New York, NY
| aandrews- no, I think you misunderstand. I don't need the wireless router for VOIP anywhere in my apt. I have a cordless phone for that and It is a small place . I need a wireless router for connecting multiple devices to the internet. I have a couple of PCs and a Wii to connect to the internet. | |
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