Unlocking a £20 Linksys PAP2 VoIP adapter

Stabilo

Ferdy147 wrote:

Thanks got sipgate working now too. Was just the authid/password thing. I was using my standard login/pass!

That's enough for today! I'll switch the line 1/2 over tomorrow and try and get them working on the same phone.

Thanks,

Ferd

I also entered incorrect ID & password when I first set up Sipgate and as gavinp as stated it's easy to get things wrong. But with a bit of help, luck and judgement most people get there in the end.

gavinp

Stabilo wrote:

However you can set it up to have one phone sharing both lines.

Did you manage to get this working with the PAP2 configuration or are you referring to an external method (i.e. a two-line phone or external switch box) ?

Thanks

Gavin

Stabilo

gavinp wrote:

Did you manage to get this working with the PAP2 configuration or are you referring to an external method (i.e. a two-line phone or external switch box) ?

Thanks

Gavin

Yes I have 2 DECT phones that can select either line 1 or line 2. I paid £50 for an old BT Diverse 2 Line switch including the 2 DECT phones. Calls come in from Sipgate on line 1 (which is line 2 on the PAP2) and all our stored numbers dial out on line 2 (Voipbuster line 1 of the PAP2). We can choose to dial out on line 1 (Sipgate line 2 on the PAP2) if Voipbuster is out of service.

Meanwhile I have sent for the 2 line switch from the US (approx £30) so I can change the older BT DECT system for my orignal (6 months old) 4 phone DECT system. The US product looks ideal for what we are trying to do, much better than scouring the UK for old 2 Line Diverse units.

At 2am this morning I unlocked my second (spare / portable) PAP2. Once again thanks for the original post.

gavinp

Thanks - just checking - I thought someone had worked out how to do this with the PAP2 config.

I don't need the facility for inbound Sipgate/outbound VoIPBuster or SIPdiscount but it would be nice to be able to do. I have an inbound 0845 number for VoIPBuster - not that it ever gets used.

I wonder if there is any method of doing this using Sipura firmware (I appreciate that Line2 disappears with some versions)..

By the sound of it, quite a few people in the U.S. want the same functionality so perhaps one of them will crack it.

Thanks

Gavin

Stabilo

Broadbandbuyer wrote:

Already done

TBH though - once our stock goes we wont be replenishing There are some better routers coming out

Are you still around Broadbandbuyer?

Could you (or any other techie) indicate what the new routers are (make, model, functions etc) and roughly when they will be available?

dave2986

Hi

Im having intermediate problems with mine, sometimes i can always get a connection as shown by the pap2, but i have trouble reaching the 10000 test number, and reviving calls via sipgate

for example, last night i could not get through to the test number but someone was able to phone me without any problems but then they couldn’t phone me back and got an invalid number error, and a few days back someone phone me and could hear me but i couldn’t hear them.

I have set up port forwarding on my router, and think its all right. could anyone post screen shots of all the settings on their pap2 and router, so i could compare and check?

Stabilo

dave2986 wrote:

Hi

Im having intermediate problems with mine, sometimes i can always get a connection as shown by the pap2, but i have trouble reaching the 10000 test number, and reviving calls via sipgate

for example, last night i could not get through to the test number but someone was able to phone me without any problems but then they couldn’t phone me back and got an invalid number error, and a few days back someone phone me and could hear me but i couldn’t hear them.

I have set up port forwarding on my router, and think its all right. could anyone post screen shots of all the settings on their pap2 and router, so i could compare and check?

Dave,

I know the thread is quite large but the screen shots for the PAP2 have been posted several times. As for the router settings, we all have different routers so the screenshots wouldn't apply to yours. Precisely which router are you using and hopefully someone with the same router will oblige with the screen shots.

For reference Sipgate have had problems recently, some incoming calls are correctly routed others are not. If you receive some calls and not others it will probably be a temporary Sipgate fault, don't go changing all your settings. It makes sense to set up Sipgate voicemail for number unanswered, busy and unobtainable. Although I think when Sipgate's system is down the voicemail doesn't work for unobtainable numbers. At least when it does work it emails you with a wav file of each message.

dave2986

Just as i asked for help i think i may have got it, i changed my external ip from my public one to the one on my universitys lan 10.xx.xx.xx, and it seems to be working!!!

Now i have to get voipbuster to work on line two, but the client dosent even seem to work behind my router, does anyone know what ports i need to open for voipbuster?

Stabilo

dave2986 wrote:

Just as i asked for help i think i may have got it, i changed my external ip from my public one to the one on my universitys lan 10.xx.xx.xx, and it seems to be working!!!

Now i have to get voipbuster to work on line two, but the client dosent even seem to work behind my router, does anyone know what ports i need to open for voipbuster?

Do you have access to the University's routers? Are you able to add the local IP of the PAP2 to the routers DMZ?

dave2986

Stabilo wrote:

Do you have access to the University's routers? Are you able to add the local IP of the PAP2 to the routers DMZ?

Nope, the network is managed by bt so i have very little hope of getting anything changed

Also it has stopped working straight from the wall now, seems totally ramdom if it works or not

and my joy of it working has now ended as it dosent anymore