Cheap VOIP adapter, no contract + loadsa bb/network/wi-fi stuff

jakemuk

anyone got any details on wat the vonage ones offers ? free steup and 1 months free ?

Saeed

Saeed: you have to register your adaptor's MAC address with Sipgate in order to use it.

How do I do this?

anewman

Saeed - go to https://www.sipgate.co.uk/netgear and enter your sipgate username and password.

Sui_Generis

123immy wrote:

meaning that your call quality will go down the toilet if you start to download / upload / use your connection, because your TA612v will get the 'leftovers'

Thanks for this.

Out of interest what bandwidth does the Netgear need for VOIP as I often have p2p running in the background?

jakemuk

100 kbps up n down according to sipgate !

change codec tho to suit your bandwidth

Sui_Generis

That's a lot on a 384kb upload max.

compmad1

Aldi phones £9.99 with £5 free call time. Identical to Tesco ones. ( I got 3 free ones with Star vouchers. Can use them fine on Skype, Freecall etc.) You also get your own telephone number like the Tesco ones. They work very well in my opinion. Getting mine free was best. Tescos are £14.97 now, though they had reduced them to £9.99 a short time ago, same as Aldi price. On sale Thurs 26th Oct.

ritz55

Hiya I had exactly the same problem, it's your Router settings not allowing it thorugh the firewall. Easiest way I found was to setup router as DMZ and forward to netgear voip. Goto Sipgate and register and then the router will go off to sipgate afteer reboot to get it's settings. Once the settings are in place remove DMZ and only forward the porys 5004 and 5083 UDP to the router. Should all be setup and working at this point.

Ritz

Saeed wrote:

I am having problems with the Netgear VOIP. Anyone technically minded help me out?

The connections are modem > Netgear VOIP > Computer
I have registered on the sipgate site, and they gave me a number, but there is no dial tone when I pick up the phone which is connected to line 1. When I go into the router (by going to http://192.168.61.1) I get the following:-

LAN Port
MAC Address 00:0F:B5:13:XX:XX (last 4 figures deleted)

Line 1
Display Name UNAVAILABLE
Telephone Number phonenumber
Line 1 Status
Hook State: ON
Registration State: Idle
Message Waiting: NO

I think the above indicates that I am not on Voip. Anyone know if sipgate take a while to set up the VOIP as I registered 3 hrs ago, or should it be up and running and is there something wrong with my connection???

mus26c

jakemuk wrote:

Very strange that u supposedly av 2 faulty ones,

what was the problem with the new one ?

The used item was working fine but I was unable to register it under my account, was registered under someone else'a account, which means I can not use it at all.

The new item was dead no led lights what so ever I checked all connections and it was not powering up..............?

I did return the items this afternoon and got my money back, I am still looking for it.

Saeed

ritz55 wrote:

Hiya I had exactly the same problem, it's your Router settings not allowing it thorugh the firewall. Easiest way I found was to setup router as DMZ and forward to netgear voip. Goto Sipgate and register and then the router will go off to sipgate afteer reboot to get it's settings. Once the settings are in place remove DMZ and only forward the porys 5004 and 5083 UDP to the router. Should all be setup and working at this point.

Ritz

I am new to VoIP. So far I have gone to sipgate and registered. I have re-booted my modem, VoiP, computer several times. But still not working.

Could you explain step by step what I need to do to set up DMZ (what is DMZ by the way?) and the rest of the steps???