SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

A friend who has no router ,and only a laptop, wants to use voip.
I've never tested the SPA-3102 as a router. Has anyone tested it in
the UK (PPoA) and found it to work reliably? This would be operating
with a VM supplied cable router.


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Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

Brian A wrote:

> A friend who has no router ,and only a laptop, wants to use voip.
> I've never tested the SPA-3102 as a router. Has anyone tested it in
> the UK (PPoA) and found it to work reliably? This would be operating
> with a VM supplied cable router.

PPPoA has nothing to do with cable, so forget about it. It should just work.

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Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:22:09 +0100, alexd <troffasky@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Brian A wrote:
>
>> A friend who has no router ,and only a laptop, wants to use voip.
>> I've never tested the SPA-3102 as a router. Has anyone tested it in
>> the UK (PPoA) and found it to work reliably? This would be operating
>> with a VM supplied cable router.
>
>PPPoA has nothing to do with cable, so forget about it. It should just work.
I wondered about that. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

"Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>A friend who has no router ,and only a laptop, wants to use voip.
> I've never tested the SPA-3102 as a router. Has anyone tested it in
> the UK (PPoA) and found it to work reliably? This would be operating
> with a VM supplied cable router.
>
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Why use the 3102 as a router if the friend already has one supplied by
VM? Just stick it on an unused port.

However do beware of one problem with VOIP - if the router is using NAT
then you will almost certainly need multiple port fowarding. I had a
Belkin wireless router which would only allow one port to be forwarded
to any one given IP address downstream and I just could not get VOIP to
work. Switched it with a Netgear and all worked/works perfectly.


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Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

Woody presented the following explanation :
> "Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1mtoh3t2ll6v19etmkqv0poqbq73cpbjpc@4ax.com...
>>A friend who has no router ,and only a laptop, wants to use voip.
>> I've never tested the SPA-3102 as a router. Has anyone tested it in
>> the UK (PPoA) and found it to work reliably? This would be operating
>> with a VM supplied cable router.
>>
>>
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> Why use the 3102 as a router if the friend already has one supplied by VM?
> Just stick it on an unused port.

I suspect he means "supplied cable modem"

> However do beware of one problem with VOIP - if the router is using NAT then
> you will almost certainly need multiple port fowarding.

This should be completely unecessary with most if not all VoIP
providers.

> I had a Belkin
> wireless router which would only allow one port to be forwarded to any one
> given IP address downstream and I just could not get VOIP to work. Switched
> it with a Netgear and all worked/works perfectly.

I have no ports forwarded whatsoever & have multiple
providers/devices/pbx behind my router

Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:05:15 +0100, Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid>
wrote:

>Woody presented the following explanation :
>> "Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1mtoh3t2ll6v19etmkqv0poqbq73cpbjpc@4ax.com...
>>>A friend who has no router ,and only a laptop, wants to use voip.
>>> I've never tested the SPA-3102 as a router. Has anyone tested it in
>>> the UK (PPoA) and found it to work reliably? This would be operating
>>> with a VM supplied cable router.
>>>
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>> Why use the 3102 as a router if the friend already has one supplied by VM?
>> Just stick it on an unused port.
>
>I suspect he means "supplied cable modem"
You are correct. I see the mistake I made. Yes, he has no router just
a cable modem.
Presumably though, if this was an ADSL situation, then there would be
problems using it as a router unless, possibly, on AOL, where,
certainly at one time, if not now, I do believe they used PPoE.
I have set up an SPA-3102 on VOIP, not my own, but I never bothered
with the router part. In the case of someone without a router, who
only wants to run one computer, it is an ideal product to operate with
a cable modem but not, generally, I would assume with the vast
majority of UK ADSL ISPs who use PPoA. Why Linksys don't make it
compatible with PPoA I can't imagine. It seems to be typical US
parochialism.


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Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.bc797d7a45693ba7.48968@blueyonder.invalid. ..
> Woody presented the following explanation :
>> "Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1mtoh3t2ll6v19etmkqv0poqbq73cpbjpc@4ax.com...
>>>A friend who has no router ,and only a laptop, wants to use voip.
>>> I've never tested the SPA-3102 as a router. Has anyone tested it in
>>> the UK (PPoA) and found it to work reliably? This would be operating
>>> with a VM supplied cable router.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
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>>
>> Why use the 3102 as a router if the friend already has one supplied
>> by VM? Just stick it on an unused port.
>
> I suspect he means "supplied cable modem"
>
>> However do beware of one problem with VOIP - if the router is using
>> NAT then you will almost certainly need multiple port fowarding.
>
> This should be completely unecessary with most if not all VoIP
> providers.
>
>> I had a Belkin wireless router which would only allow one port to be
>> forwarded to any one given IP address downstream and I just could not
>> get VOIP to work. Switched it with a Netgear and all worked/works
>> perfectly.
>
> I have no ports forwarded whatsoever & have multiple
> providers/devices/pbx behind my router
>
>

Sorry to argue Jono, but I'm only speaking from experience.

I signed up with Sipgate (no credit) and downloaded the free
ready-customised XLite softfone. It would work with incoming calls but
no way outgoing (to their free test number or another Sipgate user.)
Interminttently I spent about a month trying to get it to go with no
joy. Then I bought the SPA2000 - and had <exactly> the same problems. It
wouldn't work with voip.co.uk either, as wouldn't a non-customised
XLite. Even Sipgate and voip helplines were unable to come up with a
solution.

I picked up a Netgear at the right price and had the same problem. I
then set the router to fixed internal addresses (still using DHCP from
the cable modem,) put on the port forwarding, and behold it worked and
still does.

I am also on VM (well, ntlworld actually.)


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Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

After serious thinking Woody wrote :

>>> However do beware of one problem with VOIP - if the router is using NAT
>>> then you will almost certainly need multiple port fowarding.
>>
>> This should be completely unecessary with most if not all VoIP providers.
>>
>>> I had a Belkin wireless router which would only allow one port to be
>>> forwarded to any one given IP address downstream and I just could not get
>>> VOIP to work. Switched it with a Netgear and all worked/works perfectly.
>>
>> I have no ports forwarded whatsoever & have multiple providers/devices/pbx
>> behind my router
>>

> Sorry to argue Jono, but I'm only speaking from experience.

I do not dispute that your Belkin device couldn't be configured
suitably, nor would I disagree that port forwarding used to always be
necessary, However, with a decent router & service provider, you
should'nt need to these days.

> I signed up with Sipgate (no credit) and downloaded the free ready-customised
> XLite softfone. It would work with incoming calls but no way outgoing (to
> their free test number or another Sipgate user.) Interminttently I spent
> about a month trying to get it to go with no joy. Then I bought the SPA2000 -
> and had <exactly> the same problems. It wouldn't work with voip.co.uk either,
> as wouldn't a non-customised XLite. Even Sipgate and voip helplines were
> unable to come up with a solution.
>
> I picked up a Netgear at the right price and had the same problem. I then set
> the router to fixed internal addresses (still using DHCP from the cable
> modem,) put on the port forwarding, and behold it worked and still does.

I have a Linksys WRT54G & have no ports forwarded anymore. In fact,
IIRC, I /solved/ some issues when I disabled port forwarding a couple
of years ago.

> I am also on VM (well, ntlworld actually.)

ex-BY for me.

Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

my configuration to the one in question is almost identical

VM - cable modem - linksys 2102 voip/router - single pc

Line 1: Voxalot - 2 VSP - Voipcheapcom for outgoing and Orbtalk for
incoming
Line 2: Voxalot only - so I can natter with friends & family who also
have a Voxalot account, and leave Line 1 free for business calls!

Re: SPA-3102 as a router in the UK
 

Brian A wrote:

> I have set up an SPA-3102 on VOIP, not my own, but I never bothered
> with the router part. In the case of someone without a router, who
> only wants to run one computer, it is an ideal product to operate with
> a cable modem but not, generally, I would assume with the vast
> majority of UK ADSL ISPs who use PPoA. Why Linksys don't make it
> compatible with PPoA I can't imagine. It seems to be typical US
> parochialism.

The Linksys SPA-3102 doesn't have an ATM interface, so PPPoA would be of no
use whatsoever.

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