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Unlocking a £20 Linksys PAP2 VoIP adapter

gavinp · 2005-09-28 12:31:21

An enterprising spark in the U.S. has found out how to unlock a PAP2 VoIP adapter sold locked to the Vonage VoIP network: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14450684 These adapters are available from Comet and BroadbandBuyer for £19.99: http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/68_270202.html…

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DesG Posts: 1,291 Forumite

29 September 2005 at 4:43PM

charlie12 wrote:

DesG - whereabouts are you located?

Northern Ireland, a Comet free zone

I take it PCworld, Currys or Dixons won't have any as they have a competing product

Argos or Index?

Cheers, Des.

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charlie12 Posts: 1,668 Forumite

29 September 2005 at 4:52PM

Hmm.. I haven't seen it for sale anywhere else yet

BTW - this thread has set up instructions for voipbuster.co.uk

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gavinp Posts: 469 Forumite

29 September 2005 at 4:57PM

Charlie12: Once unlocked, the PAP2 won't try to download new firmware from Vonage. The part of the instructions where you disable the provisioning stops this happening.

DesG: Sorry about the wasted trip to Maplin - I would email BBB and ask them when they are going to get some more in stock or order one and see what happens ?

I'll amend the first post to remove Maplin as a source - I used this article to try and identify where they could be purchased:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/11/vonage_uk_linksys_pap2/

Thanks

Gavin

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DesG Posts: 1,291 Forumite

29 September 2005 at 5:12PM

I want it for incoming calls from sipgate, I have so many mobile minutes, I don't need to make any chargeable calls, even international

I was looking at the Sipura jobbies, but at £20 I would love a few of these

I wonder how long before they patch them so you can't unlock them

Cheers, Des.

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DesG Posts: 1,291 Forumite

29 September 2005 at 5:21PM

gavinp wrote:

DesG: Sorry about the wasted trip to Maplin

Not your problem, I saw the reg article too when searching, seemed worth a shot

gavinp wrote:

I would email BBB and ask them when they are going to get some more in stock or order one and see what happens ?

The only thing that would worry me, is if it is fresh stock, Vonage may have been able to disable the unlocking

I'm just gonna have to keep my eyes out or try and find someone on the mainland to order them for me and re-ship them, but that is just a waste

Cheers, Des.

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gavinp Posts: 469 Forumite

29 September 2005 at 5:25PM

Des,

Reading the bottom of the Broadbandreports thread (page 6), someone has posted instructions on how to remove the password for firmware updates anyhow - it just adds more steps to the process for creating a temporary local DNS server.

Thanks

Gavin

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dave2986 Posts: 164 Forumite

30 September 2005 at 2:22PM

you can get them for £20 from ebay.com

the pap2's are $20 and shipping is the same

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gavinp Posts: 469 Forumite

30 September 2005 at 2:58PM

The files are still available on these links for the time being - anyone who can mirror them , I'm sure it would be appreciated:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/r0/download/897422~b9615bb0674b11bc6e23e4876bd7e680/PAP2SP2K.zip

http://www.broadbandreports.com/r0/download/897423~37dc1fdc39f88c2ecbc21750ea7503f6/SP2KPAP2.zip

Thanks

Gavin

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DesG Posts: 1,291 Forumite

30 September 2005 at 3:12PM

deave1986: Thanks for that I'll check out ebay USA, I had already checked UK.

gavinp: I downloaded them and copied the instructions, so if they 'disappear' I can oblige.

I had a look at comet again, and it looks like I can pay for them myself with my CC as long as I have a delivery address on the mainland. I just want to confirm it with them.

Cheers, Des.

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djblamire Posts: 299 Forumite

30 September 2005 at 10:47PM

gavinp wrote:

The files are still available on these links for the time being - anyone who can mirror them , I'm sure it would be appreciated:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/r0/download/897422~b9615bb0674b11bc6e23e4876bd7e680/PAP2SP2K.zip

http://www.broadbandreports.com/r0/download/897423~37dc1fdc39f88c2ecbc21750ea7503f6/SP2KPAP2.zip

Thanks

Gavin

Anyone have these files, as they no longer exist at those addresses ??

Thanks
Daniel

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