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| [VoIPo] If you have a Linksys router... ....and a PAP2T, and you're experiencing problems (like I was), then you have a couple of choices.
But I can tell you - don't expect any miracles from the extremely frustrating Linksys firmware.
Whatever the hell they're doing with NAT is FUBAR - in the truest sense of the word.
I spent hours this afternoon with Brandon - sniffing packets and trying all sorts of strange and wonderful settings on router/PAP2/VOIPO provisioning. I even took my 'old' WRT54GS and set it up as the internet router with the PAP2 hanging off it - taking the WRT610N out of the picture.
Same behavior.
Whatever they've done to the recent Linksys firmware - it's borking NAT across several models.
Solution: DD-WRT
I flashed the 54GS with DD-WRT and it plain works.
No port forwarding
No DMZ
No nothing - it just works.
No dropped registrations - no lost audio in either direction. Just works.
So - if you're not a tech geek (I know - most of you reading this are.....) then I have one piece of advice:
DO NOT BUY A LINKSYS ROUTER
If you already bought one - take it back.
Get a Netgear or D-Link - or something else.
'Cause if you stick with the stock Linksys firmware - you're liable to be in for a whole lot of pain and aggravation - which means Voipo support will be too.
And it ain't Voipo's fault....
If you're stuck with one - get DD-WRT (or Tomato, which also is reported to work well but supports very few models).
It's not hard to do, and if your situation is like mine, it will be solved.
Many thanks to Brandon for his patience and perseverance.
And now, I intend to be an 'invisible customer' - 'cause it just works...........
/end rant
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 burrisPremium
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| While I was searching for routers, I too tried that same Linksys, and found it to be just as faulty as yours.
This was during the beta testing and I had enough control to work my way out of it until I found an ASUS WL-520GU router that hasn't missed since I turned it up about 6-8 months ago. Highly recommended, and I understand it can be flashed with WRT.
Glad you got squared away. |
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And now, I intend to be an 'invisible customer' - 'cause it just works...........
Me and my D-Link router have it this way since day one. It just works, no port forwarding, no DMZ, except HT-502 re-registration issue (now replaced with perfectly working PAP2T). Uncheck SIP in ALG firewall (or check Gaming Mode) is the only thing to do.
Glad it's working for you. |
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Hilliard, OH
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Hmmm....
I guess I have a different perspective. I purchased my linksys specifically because I could re-flash with DD-WRT. My WRT310N [Sorry I had originally said 610 in error]was not running more than 5 minutes out of the box before I re-flashed it.
I have little faith with my experience with linksys firmware and even LESS with netgear or D-Link. The hardware Linksys provides is for the most part good. DD-WRT has made be a believer in open source.
I too am having NO issues with DD-WRT with VOIPO.
-Stan |
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Thanks for the info on the Linksys router! Unfortunately, I have one and that could be one of the contributing factors to the problems I've been having. Seems very strange that a Linksys ATA would have difficulty working with a Linksys router and the strange thing is that it seemed to work ok for me with VT. I swear, I will never understand all this stuff 
I tried to set up an 'old' router last night (Zyxel) but there is something wrong with it as all I get are flashing lights on it and that must be the reason I went back to the Linksys. Guess I'll have to look at alternatives, but appreciate the info on the router. |
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If and when the 610N DD-WRT version goes 'public'/stable release, let me know how it works out. I won't brick or hobble a $150+ router with beta firmware.
tabqueen  I had the same expectations - that a Linksys router and Linksys ATA designed to be behind a router should work. Unfortunately, they don't play nice.
If you feel brave - the DD-WRT installation process for most Linksys routers is pretty straightforward, and I'm sure people here, or in the Linksys forum, would help walk you through it. For example, there was a pretty good screen-shot tutorial for mine:
»www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WR···Tutorial |
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said by slow mo:Me and my D-Link router have it this way since day one. It just works, no port forwarding, no DMZ, Uncheck SIP in ALG firewall...is the only thing to do. Exactly my experience with D-Link DGL-4100 Gaming Router.
I have two of these (home and job), different ATA's, different Voip providers, never a problem.
The D-Link DGL-4300 router is the wireless version. |
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My experience, or rather expectations are more like shodge.
I purchased my wrt64GL routers (3 of them) with the sole purpose of running 3rd party firmware to perform specific tasks in my home network.
So while I can not speak to the inability of the routers with stock firmware to work well with the PAP2 or PAP2T, I can verify they work nicely with both DD-WRT and Tomato. |
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| My LInksys ATA connected to a Linksys W-router works fine. No VoIP problems with default settings, no QoS.
I did setup DHCP reservation for the ATA so it always gets the same DHCP assigned LAN address.
That's all. |
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dcm
join:2008-09-12
Pennsylvania | reply to dbmaven
My Linksys WRT54G v3 (w/ the original stock firmware) / PAP2 v1 (unlocked Vonage) combo works fine. |
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kudos:2 | The key in your case is v3 and stock firmware.
I'm fairly certain that an older firmware on my 54GS would have worked ok. It's the latest versions of the Linksys (and some other vendors, too) firmware that fouls up the NAT. |
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I had the same issue with WRT54GL 1.1 and the newest firmware for it from the Linksys web site.
Apparently in the newest firmware versions they changed they way they do NAT, I can't remember exactly how, I believe in the newest versions they use Restricted cone NAT while in older ones it was Full cone NAT (see »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_ad···s_of_NAT) |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to dbmaven
I have mine behind a wrt54g and it works fine. |
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I went with DD-WRT 24sp1 all around last night on two routers. I use a WRT54G v4 as the AP and a WRT54GL as a client bridge. It seems to be running well.
I also learned it's easier to do it when you have not had a few drinks and decide at 12:15 am that it's a great project to start.  |
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| said by ptrowski:I also learned it's easier to do it when you have not had a few drinks and decide at 12:15 am that it's a great project to start. Translate: VOIPo updates during prime time is better 
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| said by usa2k:said by ptrowski:I also learned it's easier to do it when you have not had a few drinks and decide at 12:15 am that it's a great project to start. Translate: VOIPo updates during prime time is better Ha! So that is why they do it during the day. 
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 skyhookPremium
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I think your problems with the WRT610N has more to do with the way it modifies the SIP headers and SDP body than with the NAT implementation. It breaks SIP and and the worst part is that you cannot disable it using stock firmware.
I have encountered D-Link and Zyxel routers that have a SIP ALG that breaks SIP. The D-Links and some Zyxel's ALG's can be disabled with a web browser while other Zyxel's require you to drill down with CLI to disable.
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| Trust me - it's the firmware - not the router.
The latest Linksys firmware (which means the 'only' firmware for the 610N) does it. So does the latest for the WRT54GS - and probably the latest for any of the 54Gx series.
Verified with packet sniffing by VoipoBrandon. |
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| Re: [VoIPo] If you have a Linksys router... said by dbmaven:Trust me - it's the firmware - not the router. Ironically, when I bought a Linksys, I never gave the firmware a chance.
I immediately installed Tomato 1.23 |
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| I've got 3 linksys routers at two houses, all running dd-wrt. The stock linksys FW sux. |
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