Losing voice on calls for over a year now...

[burris]

Almost since inception about 5 years ago, I forwarded ports 5004-65000 on my router to my ATA. I created a fixed IP on the ATA and that's the IP the router port forwarding points to.

I haven't had any port conflicts that I am aware of and have had perfect phone service ever since.
Wish I could take credit for this but the lead tech at VOIPo advised me...and he was correct....as he always is.

[JoshFink]

Almost since inception about 5 years ago, I forwarded ports 5004-65000 on my router to my ATA. I created a fixed IP on the ATA and that's the IP the router port forwarding points to.

I haven't had any port conflicts that I am aware of and have had perfect phone service ever since.
Wish I could take credit for this but the lead tech at VOIPo advised me...and he was correct....as he always is.

Thanks.. I understand the concept of them wanting all the ports forwarded. My original reply was it seems very fast and doesn't seem to take into account that anyone would have other things that run on ports as well.

[burris]

As I mentioned, I have lots of things running and have no conflicts that I am aware of.
I wonder what the difference might be?

Have you tried the setup I use?

[JoshFink]

As I mentioned, I have lots of things running and have no conflicts that I am aware of.
I wonder what the difference might be?

Have you tried the setup I use?

The difference is you probably just don't have apps on those ports. Apps use so many different ports, some standard and some app specific, it just depends.