My wife works with Progressive Insurance. She cannot connect with her
office through the interent. She has to use a dial-up RAS service into
the office (800) P.O.T.S.

Does Vonage have any problems doing this?

- Don


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:35:06 -0600, Jason J. Ellingson
<jason at ellingson dot com> wrote:
> From an earlier post by me... PLEASE NOTE, this works with the Motorola ATA
> box that Vonage sends to some customers...
> === BEGIN ===
> I use Comcast high-speed internet (3Mbit)
> The ATA is the Motorola one provided by Vonage.
> 
> My configuration is as follows:
> 
> Comcast
> |
> Cablemodem
> |
> Monowall (Generic PC-HD version)
> |
> Motorola ATA (bridged mode!) - Telephone wall outlet - several phones
> |
> Network switch
> |
> Several PCs
> 
> Monowall configuration
> ======================
> Alias:
> Name    Address      Description
> Vonage  192.168.1.2  Vonage Phone
> 
> NAT:
> If   Proto  Ext. port range  NAT IP  Int. port range  Description
> WAN  UDP    5061             Vonage  5061             Vonage
> WAN  UDP    10000 - 10011    Vonage  10000 - 10011    Vonage
> 
> Rules:
> Proto  Source  Port  Destination  Port           Description
> UDP    *       *     Vonage       5061           NAT Vonage
> UDP    *       *     Vonage       10000 - 10011  NAT Vonage
> 
> Motorola configuration
> ======================
> WAN IP Address Assignment  Static
>     IP Address             192.168.1.2
>     Subnet Mask            255.255.255.0
>     Default Gateway        192.168.1.1
> 
> DNS Servers                192.168.1.1
>                            0.0.0.0
> 
> DHCP Server/NAT            Disabled
> 
> By setting the ATA between the firewall and the network switch, it never has
> a problem with me hogging the bandwidth.  I don't use traffic shaping and I
> can have Vonage at full 90kbps (best quality) while downloading dozens of
> files via bittorrent, eDonkey, etc... fully saturating my bandwidth... all
> while still on the phone with perfect clairity.
> 
> The trick is to not use the Motorola's NAT.  Set it up with a static IP and
> then use proper NAT rules on monowall.
> 
> To still browse the Motorola box when configured this way, you need to have
> your computer's TCP/IP set to normal 192.168.1.xxx IP, netmask and gateway
> *AND* add a 192.168.102.xxx IP and netmask (no gateway though)... then that
> computer can use a browser to 192.168.102.1 to configure the motorola box if
> needed.
> 
> Please let me know if this helps anyone.
> === END ===
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Jason J Ellingson
> Sr. Web Software Developer
> 
> 615.301.1682 : nashville
> 612.605.1132 : minneapolis
> 
> www.ellingson.com
> jason at ellingson dot com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesus De la Garza [mailto:jesus dot delagarza at gmail dot com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:37 PM
> To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> Subject: [m0n0wall] Vonage configuration with m0n0
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just got my vonage kit and wodnering what do i need to do to start
> working using my firewall. I've just a month with m0n0 installed and
> it works great with my network, however as i just receive my voip kit
> from vonage i can't make it work with m0n0.
> 
> I already did a test and i connect my vonage phone diectly to the
> internet with no m0n0 and it works normally but once I connect it
> trought m0n0 it doesnt work.
> 
> Do i need to open a port or do i need to configure something else on
> m0n0 to use it with my vonage phone?
> 
> Thanks for your time and patience to give me a hand with this.
> 
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