dajabon
join:2005-09-28
Portland, OR
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Re: Tips for Running VoIP from a Wireless Connection
This topic was very important to me. I knew when I traveled that a wireless connection was probably all tha tI would have available to me. The original post was based on my research with little to no experience. Now I have some experience.
Wireless Ethernet Bridge Method:
I brought a Netgear WGPS606 to behave as a Wireless Ethernet Bridge. However late I discovered that it seems to require a fixed local IP address and doesn't want to work with the wireless network here. What a waste of time and money. It worked great from home. When I could get it on the network it worked like a charm.
So I went with rizzo2dial's ICS suggestion. In testing at home this worked great once I could change my home router's IP address scheme from 168.192.0.x. Without making this change Windows will give you an immediate error and say something about the IP address is already taken. So this method concerned me as a Plan A option because I knew I would not be able to change a business' wireless router's addressing scheme during my travels. However, I caught a break, they use a Buffalo 54G Wireless Router and it defaults to 168.192.11.x. 
So here is what works for me now...
Internet Connection Sharing from a Pentium 3 700 mhz laptop with a wireless b adapter is what provides a bridged connection to Nuvio's Linksys RT31P2 router with VoIP. I hibernate the laptop and turn off the router/ATA adapter at night and in the morning I turn the whole thing one and it all just connects up automatically without any concerns about what powers up first. The voice is great, occasionally I can hear a split second light echo of myself but it is rare and easily ignorable. The wireless b connection and physical distance (Japan) justifies this very small imperfection.
I am happy with my setup and impressed that it works so well. |
