Vonage and P2P

[The Phoenix]

I recently got the Vonage broadband phone service. They sent me a router w/ phone ports, to which I connected my cable modem, etc etc, you get the idea. Seemed like a good deal, and it has worked out well so far, but now any P2P program I try to use gets terrible connection speeds and fewer search results. One program tells me that I'm behind a NAT router, and will suffer poor performanec because of that. I've heard of a NAT router, but I don't know what it means.

There was very little software that came with the Vonage service, so I can't change any settings for the router that I know of, but I could be wrong.

Anyway, I tried just rigging up my internet the way it was before Vonage, just for one night of P2P sharing, and that totally screwed me up, cause now I can't get the stupid Vonage router to work anymore. I'm about to pound it to death with a hammer. (I have very little patience for things not working the way they should...) Anyway, that's a minor and no doubt solvable problem, but my main point was that swapping back and forth is not feasable because of that problem.

So, is there any known ways of getting my P2P programs to work better with Vonage? Or any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[k1ll3rdr4g0n]

Linksys makes a VoIP router prehaps you should invest in one of those?

[The Phoenix]

That's exactly what they sent me.

[k1ll3rdr4g0n]

You cant goto http://192.168.1.1 and edit the router settings?

[The Phoenix]

Nope, I always get the "Page cannot be displayed" error.

[conipto]

Linksys might be 192.168.0.100 Any combination of 0, 1, 10, or 100 for the last two bytes in the IP address are used frequently by various manufacturers. Once you get in there, I or several others can probably help you configure it.

Bill

[k1ll3rdr4g0n]

Post what router model you have.
I did some googleing and found this:
http://www.iconnecthere.com/nonmembers/eng/broadband_phone/open_access/accessories_pap2.htm

[The Phoenix]

Ah, well 192.168.15.1 is a linksys login page, that's what I want right? Now I just need to find out what my user name is...

[alacritous]

The default login for most routers is:

username: [leave blank]
password: admin

[Kasracer]

NAT = Network Address Translation. This means the router gets your IP address that's accessable to the internet. In turn, your ocmputer is assigned a 'local' IP address. This hides you from the internet and proves a pseudo-firewall.

Most P2P programs either need to be in a passive mode or you have to forward the require ports they need to your computer. That, or you can setup DMZ with your computer, which exposes it back to the internet as it was without the router.

One note, if you're downloading a lot, you may get horrible voice quality and break ups because Vonage is using the same bandwidth you're using to download those new Britney spears music videos.

[The Phoenix]

username: [leave blank]
password: admin
Aha, thanks! Actually the username is admin also here, but still. Thanks! :D


One note, if you're downloading a lot, you may get horrible voice quality and break ups because Vonage is using the same bandwidth you're using to download those new Britney spears music videos.
Ah, good to know. Oh, and Britney? Yuck! Besides, I'm pretty sure my wife is fully capable of killing me if I tried that. :P

Okay, now I just need to know what to do from here. There are seven tabs. Setup, Secutiry, Access resrictions, Applicationgs and Gaming, Administration, Status, Gaming, ad Voice.

I found how to enable DMZ, should I just do that?

Again, thanks for all your patient help. I know I'm being such a newbie about this.

[k1ll3rdr4g0n]

You can enable DMZ. How often do you keep your computer on?
Because, since your IP gets handed to by a DHCP server, it can change so...if you type an IP address into the DMZ and you turn off your computer for about a day and come back you may not get the same IP

[The Phoenix]

I leave it on most of the time. Usually shut it off for only a few hours at a time.

But if I do encounter a problem, I just have to go back there and match up my DMZ IP address to my new one, right?

[-TPM-]

I wouldn't recoment using DMZ. Instead just open the ports used by your P2P program, you'll probably find presets under Applicationgs and Gaming for doing this. I know there are on mine.