mediadude
01-16-2011, 07:40 PM
Hi All,
Here's the story as plain and simple as I can make it: I currently have a VOIP account with another service which has always worked very well on the LAN side of my network without port forwarding or other measures, but has gotten too expensive in terms of value received. I have also added an account with VOIPo, which had some dropped call issues, but those seem to be resolved after moving the adapter to the DMZ of my router (I can't port forward the entire 5004-65000 port range due to other services running on my network).
I would like to eliminate the other VOIP provider, but add another VOIPo account so the wife, teenage daughter, AND I can all be on the phone at the same time. With the "cloned 2nd line" feature, having 2 VOIPo accounts and adapters seems the ideal solution, and still works out to about the same price I was paying for just 1 line with the competition. My question is how do I prevent dropped calls on this 2nd account/unit since my DMZ is already taken? I would consider a different routing configuration (though all adapters would have to be inside the LAN), a different router (currently on a Buffalo WHR-HP-54G w/ stock firmware), an IP phone setup, or whatever would provide the equivalent of 3 phone lines on 2 different numbers for the lowest possible cost. Obviously, a method of making 2 adapters work within my current network config with no additional hardware purchases would be ideal.
Thanks for any advice you can give!
Here's the story as plain and simple as I can make it: I currently have a VOIP account with another service which has always worked very well on the LAN side of my network without port forwarding or other measures, but has gotten too expensive in terms of value received. I have also added an account with VOIPo, which had some dropped call issues, but those seem to be resolved after moving the adapter to the DMZ of my router (I can't port forward the entire 5004-65000 port range due to other services running on my network).
I would like to eliminate the other VOIP provider, but add another VOIPo account so the wife, teenage daughter, AND I can all be on the phone at the same time. With the "cloned 2nd line" feature, having 2 VOIPo accounts and adapters seems the ideal solution, and still works out to about the same price I was paying for just 1 line with the competition. My question is how do I prevent dropped calls on this 2nd account/unit since my DMZ is already taken? I would consider a different routing configuration (though all adapters would have to be inside the LAN), a different router (currently on a Buffalo WHR-HP-54G w/ stock firmware), an IP phone setup, or whatever would provide the equivalent of 3 phone lines on 2 different numbers for the lowest possible cost. Obviously, a method of making 2 adapters work within my current network config with no additional hardware purchases would be ideal.
Thanks for any advice you can give!