Switched from Vonage and my troubles started

[barthold]

To Bink: I have a netgear WNDR3700 router.

To Christcorp: While what you suggest will work, that kind of install makes Voipo instantly a niche service. If it is not "plug and play" it won't be widely adopted. BTW I did try something like what you said with the HT502 in front of my router. But that made my incoming connections no longer work, plus the HT502 has a throughput limit of about 20 Mbps and my internet connection is (a lot) faster than that. Thus I was losing bandwidth. Your comment about ports is interesting. If I understand you right, now that the ATA is on the DMZ port, I can now use the same ports the ATA might use, correct?

[Tooth]

To Bink: I have a netgear WNDR3700 router.

To Christcorp: While what you suggest will work, that kind of install makes Voipo instantly a niche service. If it is not "plug and play" it won't be widely adopted. BTW I did try something like what you said with the HT502 in front of my router. But that made my incoming connections no longer work, plus the HT502 has a throughput limit of about 20 Mbps and my internet connection is (a lot) faster than that. Thus I was losing bandwidth. Your comment about ports is interesting. If I understand you right, now that the ATA is on the DMZ port, I can now use the same ports the ATA might use, correct?

I looked through the HT502 user manual and I didn't see anything about the throughput maximum being 20 Mbs. Is that figure based on your experience?

[Bink]

I looked through the HT502 user manual and I didn't see anything about the throughput maximum being 20 Mbs. Is that figure based on your experience?

While I haven’t formally tested it, one of my devices downloaded at 11Mbps through it (my Internet connection is 20Mbps). If this is the upper limit of the device (don’t know if this is an artificial ceiling configured by VOIPo), then it is substandard for many Internet connections. Thankfully, only one of my systems communicates through this device—if my whole network had to, this would be unacceptable. That said, assuming the limit is not artificial, I understand this device supports a bridging mode—no NATting—and I wonder if this mode would allow for better performance. As it stands, it appears the VOIPo recommended physical configuration of the device would negatively affect my Internet speeds. Fortunately, I do not use this device in the recommended physical configuration and my VoIP works well.

[barthold]

I looked through the HT502 user manual and I didn't see anything about the throughput maximum being 20 Mbs. Is that figure based on your experience?

Yes, I measured this using speedtest.net. I get 30-35 Mbps down without the HT502. With the HT502 in front of my router, it capped at around 20. This was in NAT mode, I did not try the bridge mode of the HT502.